Kralendijk, Bonaire:--- In 2018, Naturalis Biodiversity Center conducted the first mosquito survey for the Dutch Leeward Islands (Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) in more than 70 years. In November, they plan to repeat these surveys, this time for the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. The team will consist of five researchers and two students from different institutes and universities and will be executed in close collaboration with the local mosquito control units of each island.
In addition to being a household nuisance, mosquitoes can spread a number of human and livestock pathogens that are responsible for causing diseases ...
