Sentence examples for combat mosquitoes from inspiring English sources

Or was the culprit the pesticide sprayed each year over my summer camp to combat mosquitoes?

To combat mosquitoes, whole neighborhoods were "fogged" weekly with DDT, which was inhaled or absorbed by everyone who happened to be outdoors or had their windows open.

The county has successfully used aerial spraying to combat mosquitoes in the Wynwood neighborhood, but will not be able to use that tactic in Miami Beach because of its high-rises and high winds, Dr. Frieden said.

Nor has it been easy to combat mosquitoes in endemic zones, although a genetically modified strain, designed to produce sterile offspring, is planned to be released in Florida and may prove helpful.

Mr. Spano has also requested $800,000 to combat mosquitoes that are potential carriers of the West Nile virus, or more than double the $300,000 budgeted last year.

A pesticide commonly used in over-the-counter roach sprays, chlorpyrifos, which was banned by the federal agency on Thursday, rates a 2. Malathion, the pesticide that caused some concern when it was sprayed in the New York area last summer to combat mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus, rates a 3.

They provide horse blood for the females to feed on, moist beds for them to lay their eggs, and add genes that transform the mosquitoes into what could be the most decisive tool yet invented to combat mosquito-borne disease.

In order to combat mosquito larvae without the use of dangerous chemicals, researchers have developed floating blocks of aerated concrete that release oxidizing chemicals into the water when exposed to sunlight, Chemistry World reports.

The determination is intended to mobilize an international response to combat mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has spread throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean and is suspected to be the cause of a sharp rise in birth defects in Brazil.

Horizontal transfer has been a long-standing concern associated with a novel strategy to combat mosquito-borne infectious diseases by spreading transgenes that confer resistance to pathogens into mosquito populations [25].

A better understanding of the functions of these miRNAs will offer novel insights in mosquito biology and may lead to novel approaches to combat mosquito-borne infectious diseases.