Abstract
Mosquitoes have been recognized since the early 1900s as vectors of a variety of pathogenic viruses that have plagued humans and domestic animals for centuries. Thorough understanding of the life cycles of these pathogens is essential for developing methods for their control. Epidemiological studies have yielded information on the vector species of many of these disease-causing agents and entomological studies have provided details regarding how arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses) are cycled in nature through their insect and vertebrate hosts. As a result, eradication measures such as mosquito population control and physical barriers to hematophagous insects have developed, which have proven reasonably effective in certain regions of the world. However, the fact that many vectored phatogens are still responsible for disease outbreaks reaching epidemic proportions and remain a threat to the domestic livestock industry necessitates further research on their control.
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