Distribution, occurrence, and identification of mosquito species in the Tongatapu Island Group, Kingdom of Tonga

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Distribution, occurrence, and identification of mosquito species in the Tongatapu Island Group, Kingdom of Tonga

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Mosquitoes pose a serious threat to the economy, health status, and biosecurity of countries around the world. Mosquitoes kill an average of 700,000 people per year. The global expansion of air, sea, and land transport networks has greatly enhanced the spread of mosquitoes internationally. In the Pacific, the number of mosquito-borne diseases occurring has been on the rise in recent years, possibly as a result of human-mediated dispersal of larvae and adult mosquitoes. The Kingdom of Tonga ha...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

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Swan, Thomas

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10928

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mosquitoes / Kingdom of Tonga / distribution / identification / Aedes albopictus

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