Targeting Highest-Risk Populations for Sustainable Public Health Entomology: Studies from Vietnam and Western Massachusetts
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United StatesThis talk will focus on two sets of studies of vector-borne infections: The first will discuss the ZAIVE trial (Zooprophylaxis-aided ivermectin-based vector elimination) which assessed the use of ivermectin (a broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug) for anopheline vector control by mass treatment of cattle. A combination of insectary studies and a communityrandomized trial were used together, to […]