Biogents Mosquitaire: Tiger Mosquito Trap.

Now online: a video showing how to assemble the Biogents Mosquitaire.

Turin, March 12, 2009. From March 9 to 13 the 5th European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Workshop takes place in Turin, Italy. Amongst many interesting papers being presented is also a tiger mosquito study that ran in Cesena, Italy, from June to October last year.

The escalation in numbers of dengue fever cases is the quickest its been in over 5 years. In December of 2008 alone, there have ben over 50 cases with several people being hospitalized.

Singapore's Fight Against Dengue Fever

In 2008, Singapore confirmed 6,424 cases of dengue or dengue hemorrhagic fever. While this is an extremely large number, it is actually 2,183 cases fewer than in 2007. The National Environment Agency has claimed that the decrease in cases is due to an extensive fight against the Aedes mosquito.

Chikungunya fever and Dengue fever have long been a problem of the tropics and subtropics. The more temperate regions of the world were considered safe and without risk. But this has changed.