The estimated number of capable mosquitoes in the sugar-rich site was 4.2 times of that in the sugar-poor site.
Similarly, (S_{m}(t)) and (I_{m}(t)) represent the numbers of susceptible (mosquitoes able to contract the disease) and infectious (mosquitoes capable of transmitting the disease to humans) adult female mosquitoes at time t.
Given that virtually every corner of America has a native species of mosquito capable of transmitting the virus, Rift Valley fever could spread across the nation.
Bacteria capable of colonizing mosquito midguts are attractive vehicles for delivering anti-malaria molecules.
A technology capable of editing mosquito populations to block disease transmission could also be used to alter populations of agricultural plants or livestock by actors intent on doing harm.
Therefore appropriate analysis of time-trend data of exiting mosquitoes from houses require adjustments for the numbers of mosquitoes capable of responding at a given time x.
One such approach entails transforming populations of A. aegypti mosquitoes with a strain of naturally occurring non-disease-causing endosymbiotic wMel Wolbachia bacteria capable of protecting mosquitoes from viral infection.
These individuals can then transmit the disease to others if bitten by mosquitoes capable of carrying the parasite.
The data from Brazil demonstrated clearly that, after the release of millions of sterile males, the number of mosquitoes capable of transmitting dengue fever fell markedly.
Mosquitoes capable of transmitting the virus after catching it from sucking the blood of infected birds already exist in Britain but public health officials believe concentrations are still too small to be a hazard.
