Past Collaborations

Verily - Male Aedes Sound Trap (MAST) Study

A multi-country study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using sound traps to lure adult male Aedes mosquitos to break the mating cycle in order to lower the mosquito population numbers and thus decrease the prevalence of diseases such as Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya.  The sound traps emit a frequency corresponding to a female wing beat and were compared to the effectiveness of BG-Sentinel Traps. 

Link for the full publication here. Outcomes from international field trials with Male Aedes Sound Traps

University of North Dakota - Endectocide use in livestock as a tool to help eliminate malaria in Central America

Malaria is a major health problem throughout the tropical world and is transmitted by a variety of Anopheles mosquitoes. Core vector control interventions consist of indoor residual spraying of insecticides and longlasting insecticidal nets. These are logical strategies in areas where the primary vector species feed at night on people sleeping in their houses and where mosquitoes rest inside the house after blood-feeding. But in Central America, much of the malaria transmission is due to malaria vectors that are exophagic (i.e., prefer to bite outdoors), exophilic (i.e., prefer to remain outdoors), and zoophaghic (i.e., as likely to feed on non-humans as humans). To control mosquitoes with these behavioral characteristics requires a different approach.

Link for the full publication here: Endectocide use in livestock as a tool to help eliminate malaria in Central America