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2023: Understanding the Spread of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes and Dengue Virus in the Peruvian Amazon to Effect Positive Public Health Change (IIF Momentum Funding)
Aedes aegypti is an invasive mosquito species with a wide distribution around the world. It is the main vector of several diseases, including dengue, a viral infection causing severe disease, and nearly 40,000 deaths per year. In the northern Peruvian Amazon, these mosquitoes have increasingly developed insecticide resistance. This project will engage community health workers in the interpretation of resistance data, train them on mosquito-borne diseases, and translate related scientific publication(s) into Spanish.
Cornell Investigator: Laura Harrington, Entomology