Kom volgend weekend naar het #Nerdlandfestival en bezoek de Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp #tijgermug 🦟stand in de jungle zone! Leer er de verschillende predatoren van de #steekmug kennen en verzamel de meeste seconden ⏱️ tijdens de 'Slimste mug ter wereld' quiz! Nerdland

Het was een top weekend op het #nerdlandfestival! Jong en oud waren super enthousiast en ontdekten alles over de slimste mug 🦟 ter wereld en zijn natuurlijke vijanden 🐟. En tussendoor nog een podcast meegepikt 😃 Moe maar tevreden!💪 Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Adwine Vanslembrouck

🦟Heb jij een tijgermug gespot? Maak een foto en stuur hem naar ons via muggensurveillance.be Sciensano

The rising global economic costs 💸 of invasive #Aedes mosquitoes 🦟 and Aedes-borne diseases sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - #LogScale

🚀 New Study Alert! 🌍 We’ve harmonized ovitrap egg count data for Aedes albopictus (2010-2022) into the open-access VectAbundance database! 📊 High-quality, standardized data to boost vector models and public health preparedness! 🦟🔬 doi.org/10.1038/s41597…

🦟Worsening spread of #mosquito-borne disease #outbreaks in #EU/EEA🇪🇺. Latest ECDC figures show continuing ↗️ trend of #dengue cases imported from endemic regions & increasing number of local #outbreaks of #WestNile #virus and #dengue within EU/EEA. ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events…

Excited to share our latest work on the role of Drosophila crystal cells in respiration, published today nature! Huge congrats and many thanks to all the authors- Dr. Mingyu Shin, Eunji Chang, and Daewon Lee and our collaborators. (1/3) doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

🦟 This week we’ve been attending the media in #Belgium to explain current challenges in terms of #MosquitoControl in the country, and our effort, solutions and expertise in Pest Control to stop the spread and fight against #TigerMosquito #VectorControlExperts

"Muggenwerende middelen zijn van levensbelang in streken waar malaria en dengue voorkomen. Alvorens we bepaalde middelen aanbevelen, moet aan een aantal voorwaarden worden voldaan, zoals veiligheid en gebruiksgemak," adviseert onze entomoloog Wim Van Bortel in Knack.

[Enjoy Reading] The "Global Arbovirus Initiative" document by World Health Organization (WHO) outlines an integrated approach to optimize the use of limited resources for maximum impact in addressing arboviruses🦟 👉who.int/publications/i…

📢 Next #EMCA Conference in Antwerp, Belgium, 25-28th March 2025‼️ 🇧🇪 👉🏻 "Ready for Action: Advances in #MosquitoControl” 🦟 emca-online.eu/xii-internatio…

Very happy with our new publication 🥳 Discover the potential of native diving beetles #Dytiscidae as nature-based solution to combat #Aedesalbopictus 🦟 Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Goethe-Universität Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)

🚨We are excited to confirm the presence of sandflies in Belgium! 🇧🇪 This year, we successfully set up 16 traps on Belgian territory along the border with France 🇫🇷 & Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Now that we've found sandflies (P. mascittii), we're motivated to search further north! 🗺️

1/2 #EMCA2025 #MosquitoControl #ReadyForAction #ITMAntwerp 🆕🇧🇪REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!! XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference, March 25th to March 28th, 2025 ,"Ready for Action: Advances in #Mosquito Control"

2/2 V EMCA 1-day Training Course on #Insecticide Resistance in #Mosquitoes, March 24th, 2025 Conference website at the 1st comment! Register now!! 👉🏻 emca2025.eu

Back in Belgium following the 10th symposium of the Belgian Wildlife Disease Society #BWDS with a nice presentation of our Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp colleague Adwine Vanslembrouck on her PhD work.