C H A P T E R 8

On the Shape and Design of

Mosquito Abatement

Districts

James R. Bozeman*

Department of Mathematics, American University of Malta (AUM),

Triq Dom Mintoff, Bormla, Malta

* corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected]

CONTENTS

8.1

Introduction ...............................................................

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8.2

Designs of Current Mosquito Abatement Regions ..........................

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8.2.1

Rhode Island, USA [3] ............................................

160

8.2.1.1

Mosquito Control Measures: 2019 Pesticide

Applications ..........................................

160

8.2.1.2

Mosquito Control Measures: 2019 Pesticide

Applications ..........................................

161

8.2.2

Winnipeg, Canada [4] .............................................

162

8.3

Flight distances, patterns and times of varied mosquitos and disease agents .

162

8.4

Creation of districts .......................................................

163

8.5

Analysis and Conclusions .................................................

165

8.1

INTRODUCTION

The control of mosquito populations to tamp down disease outbreaks is an ongoing

operation in much of the world. Some of these vector-borne diseases include dengue (DG),

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), malaria (M), West Nile virus (WNV), yellow fever

(YF), etc. Methods used to eradicate the mosquitos that carry these diseases include fog-

ging and spraying of insecticides and the ground placement of same. Larvaciding and the

introduction of infertile males are also applied. Other techniques include addition of addi-

tives to paints and textiles, the use of mosquito nets, and other amelioration steps. In this

chapter we only deal with those operations that include the need to define a certain area for

the application of the method.

DOI: 10.1201/9781003035992-8

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