mosquitoes, wetlands and wildlife: managing public health risks
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Managing the threats of mosquito-borne disease in Australia requires an understanding of mosquito populations as well as their associations with local wetlands and wildlife. Urban planning can play a role too in exposing the community to increased mosquito risk and predisposing urban environments to the introduction of exotic mosquitoes. This presentation provides key slides included in the talk titled "Reducing the burden of endemic vector-borne disease in Australia: The role of urban planing, wetland rehabilitation and wildlife conservation" given at the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity 2014 Colloquium, 25 November 2014. http://sydney.edu.au/mbi/news/2014/2014-colloquium.phpTRANSCRIPT
Reducing the burden of endemic vector-borne
disease in Australia: The role of urban planning,
wetland rehabilitation and wildlife conservation
Dr. Cameron Webb
Department of Medical Entomology
Marie Bashir Institute of Infectious Disease & Biosecurity
University of Sydney &
Pathology West – ICPMR Westmead
Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW 2145
Australia has annual activity of endemic mosquito-borne pathogens
Over 5000 cases of Ross River and Barmah Forest virus infection are reported each year
Photo: Richard Russell (University of Sydney)
Managing urban wetlands requires balancing environmental threats and public health risks
Webb CE (2012) Using urban planning to reduce mosquito-borne disease. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/using-urban-planning-to-reduce-mosquito-borne-disease-8430
Estuarine wetlands and urbanisation
Rehabilitation and mosquito risk
Wildlife as important as wetlands
Georges River estuary [>30 RRV detections & confirmed RRV cases]
Mosquito-borne disease risk in urban estuaries
Parramatta River estuary [2 RRV detections & no confirmed RRV cases]
Wildlife protection & mosquito-borne disease risk
2. SMEC Pty Ltd (2011) “Northern Beaches Roadkill – Advice on reduction options” Prepared for the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
1. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) Toby Hudson (Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Jansen CC et al (2009). Blood Sources of Mosquitoes Collected from Urban and Peri-Urban Environments in Eastern Australia with Species-Specific Molecular Analysis of Avian Blood Meals. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, 81: 849-857.
Jansen CC et al (2009) Arboviruses isolated from mosquitoes collected from urban and periurban areas of eastern Australia. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 25: 272-278.
Image: JJ Harrison
Urban birds and mosquito surveillance
Bat & Mosquito illustration by Golly Bard. www.gollybard.etsy.com
Gonsalves L, Law B, Webb C, Monamy V (2013) Foraging Ranges of Insectivorous Bats Shift Relative to Changes in Mosquito Abundance. PLOS ONE 8(5): e64081
Gonsalves L, Lamb S, Webb C, Law B, Monamy V (2013) Do mosquitoes influence bat activity in coastal habitats? Wildlife Research 40(1) 10-24
Gonsalves L, Bicknell B, Law B, Webb C, Monamy V (2013) Mosquito Consumption by Insectivorous Bats: Does Size Matter? PLOS ONE 8(10): e77183
Mosquito control and ecological impacts
Regional approaches to mosquito risk
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW), 31 December 1927
Photo: Stephen Doggett (Medical Entomology, Pathology West – ICPMR Westmead)
Webb 2015. Are we doing enough to promote the effective use of mosquito repellents?
Medical Journal of Australia [in press]
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