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Pest control activity has evolved paradigmatically in recent years, as well as quality systems development. Our proposal is to collaborate directly with food safety, food loss reduction, equipment repair costs and even with the care of Environmental Health due to the presence of Insects Vectors of d...

Outbreaks of vector borne diseases represent a major challenge for preparedness and response to infectious diseases. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control supports the investigation of outbreaks of infectious diseases detected within the European Union/Economic European Area and int...

Intoxications due to venomous animals are considered a neglected disease in Brazil. Out of the others poisonings, scorpionism became the most important urban plague spread through different regions. Scorpions are ancient arthropods and the bio-ecological features of some dangerous species and their ...

The California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi (Richardson), is a reservoir of bubonic plague throughout most of its range. Three species of fleas occur on these animals; Oropsylla montana (Baker), Hoplopsyllus anomalus (Baker), and the sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood). Des...

There are several towns in Poland where mosquitoes cause serious problems because of their extremely abundant occurrence and nuisance. Most of the species, which occur in mass numbers, have been determined and their biology described. Despite that fact the whole mosquito fauna of those areas has not...

By the year 2025 about 61% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas, especially in developing countries. The urban population will double from 2.4 billion in 1995 to 5 billion in 2025. The world’s urban population is growing 2.5 times faster than the rural population. The impact on he...

Ectoparasites of the common house rat, Rattus rattus diardii from Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia was investigated. The study was conducted over a period of one year. 73'% of the rats harboured the flea Xenopsylla cheopis, followed by mites Laelaps echidninus 64%, L.nuttalli 31% and lice Polyplax spinul...

The rapid breakdown of the Soviet Union into many independent, mostly ethnic states, heralded a new historical era with tremendous political, social and economic anomalies. And while the newly formed entities are being hailed as a triumph for individual freedoms and political democracy, the social a...