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2024/04/26
Article in The National (Abu Dhabi)
This article is about the storm in the UAE and setting up Biogents traps there
After a major storm in the UAE, efforts to control mosquito-borne diseases include traditional thermal fogging and smart traps that lure mosquitos by mimicking a human scent. Companies like Rentokil Boecker are deploying these traps and eliminating breeding sites, leading to increased demand for pest control due to stagnant water.
2023/11/26
Article in CNN Travel
This article is about Biogents traps installed at Soneva
“Anyone who’s ever been swarmed by mosquitoes while trying to unwind on a scenic hike or placid beach is keenly aware that even a small pest can have a big impact on a vacation.
But beyond a mere nuisance, mosquitoes can pose a more serious health risk as carriers of diseases like malaria, dengue and zika. Soneva Fushi, a resort on the private Kunfunadhoo Island in the Maldives, has spent years working to eradicate these pests.
The most effective solution they’ve found has led to a dramatic reduction of mosquitoes, and invigorated the island’s tropical plants and animals in the process.
Soneva has partnered with the Germany-based company Biogents, which has developed mosquito traps that rely on environmentally friendly attractants.”
2022/04/12
Article in International Maledives Travel Market
This article is about Biogents traps installed at Summer Island Maldives
Summer Island Maldives has adopted an eco-friendly approach to eliminate mosquitoes without fogging or pesticides, using CO2 traps from Biogents and removing breeding sites. Led by Dr. Bart Knols, the initiative aims to protect biodiversity and enhance guest experience by restoring ecological balance.
2021/01/24
Article in Intelligent Living Media
This article is about Biogents traps installed at Soneva
Soneva Fushi has been collaborating with us since June 2019 to introduce a sustainable insecticide-free mosquito management system. Soneva Fushi’s Zero Mosquito project aims to eradicate mosquitoes on Kunfunadhoo (Baa Atoll, Maldives) and improve biodiversity while eliminating the use of harmful pesticides. There are two types of our mosquito traps deployed across the island – over 500 altogether. The project costs $87,000 per year, which is $23,000 less than the pest management company’s annual fee.
The partnership aims to show the international community that its possible to bring the mosquito population to zero without using insecticide.
2020/1/26
Article in the Kaleej Times, UAE
This article is about Biogents traps and BG-Counters to be deployed across UAE
Ashwani Kumar /Abu Dhabi
Filed on January 26, 2020 | Last updated on January 26, 2020
Tadweer has developed an effective, efficient and sustainable way to trap mosquitoes.
More than 400 solar-powered smart traps will be installed across the country from February 1 to catch mosquitoes and thus keep a check on the outbreak of diseases like malaria, dengue, Yellow Fever and West Nile Virus, an official from Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) said.
2019/10/17
Article in the Theislandchief, Maledives
This article is about Biogents traps installed at Soneva
Soneva has installed a set of state of the art mosquito traps in the garden of the People’s Majlis today. The mosquito traps were received by Hon. President Mohamed Nasheed, MP Speaker of the People’s Majlis. This is a technology that kills mosquitoes without the need for fogging or spraying harmful insecticides.
2019/06/24
By Audrey Ruel-Manseau
La Presse
Le chasse-moustiques et les baumes pour soulager les piqûres sont assurément plus populaires que la crème solaire cette année. Non, ce n’est pas une impression : les moustiques piqueurs sont particulièrement nombreux et voraces depuis quelques jours, conséquence d’un hiver enneigé et d’un printemps frais et pluvieux.
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2016/09/23
Article in the Miami Herald, Environment, September 23, 2016 11:52 AM
Amongst others this article is about the use of BG-Sentinel traps in Miami in the fight against Zika.
By Jenny Staletovich
As the Zika virus spread across Miami-Dade County this summer, a staff of 17 that handles mosquito control for nearly 2.7 million people was outgunned, overwhelmed and maybe even a victim of its own success: in 2009 and 2010, the county managed to dodge a dengue outbreak that infected more than 100 people in Key West and four years later evaded a rash of Chikungunya …
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2016/09/19
Article in the New Yorker, Pest Control, September 19, 2016 Issue
The article shows a team of entomologists deploying sophisticated traps to catch species that could carry Zika.
By Laura Parker
Aedes albopictus is an early riser. Of the fifty-one mosquito species in New York, albopictus—a close cousin of Aedes aegypti, the species responsible for spreading Zika—prefers to restrict its activity to power breakfasts, in the mornings, and to teatime, in the late afternoons (The common house mosquito is active in the evenings.) …
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2016/09/09
Article in the New Jersey Herald, News, Sep. 9, 2016 12:01 am
This article is about county mosquito control workers and officials from the State Department of Environmental Protection. They use the new BG-Sentinel mosquito trap, specifically catching the Asian tiger mosquito that is of most concern for Sussex County since its eggs can withstand northern New Jersey winters.
By Bruce A. Scruton
Again this summer, the species of mosquito that is known to carry the Zika virus has been found in Sussex County, but local officials said none of the captured insects has tested positive for the virus…
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2016/09/02
Article in Breitbart, News, Sep. 2, 2016
The report says Florida officials confirmed they had trapped three Aedes aegypti mosquitos in Miami Beach that tested positive for Zika.
By Frances Martel
As northern Florida confronts the heavy winds and rains of Hurricane Hermine, biology experts warn that the storm may aid the spread of the Zika virus, now confirmed to be present in mosquitos in the state…
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2016/08/22
Article in the Sarasota magazine, September 2016 issue, Aug. 22, 2016 at 4:55
The article states that Zika is just the latest threat. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on earth. Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all wars in history.
By Cooper Levey-Baker
The BG-Sentinel 2 doesn’t look like a human, but to certain mosquitoes, it smells like one…
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2016/08/16
Article in the Salt Lake Tribune, first published Aug 16, 2016 11:24AM
Districts’ mosquito control manager say efforts to find carriers of the virus require devices & techniques, that differ from methods used on native species.
By ALEX STUCKEY
About 30 mosquito traps are dispersed throughout the Salt Lake City area, luring native Utah mosquitoes so they can be tested for diseases. But those traps don’t work against the two mosquito species known to spread the Zika virus. The city’s Mosquito Abatement District couldn’t afford to buy the appropriate traps…
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2016/08/05
Article in The Advocate, Aug 5, 2016 – 5:17 pm
At the end of the article you find a video which shows the BG-Sentinel mosquito trap.
BY ANDREA GALLO
As Louisiana residents look east to the Zika outbreak in Florida, local health and mosquito abatement officials say they are preparing for the worst by throwing everything they can at preventing a similar situation here…
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2016/08/05
Article in ABC 7, posted: Aug 05, 2016 1:50 AM
It is described that mosquitoes are often killed by insecticides harming biodiversity; there are better alternatives, though.
By Web Staff
The helicopter’s loud rumbling is music to the ears of business owners in the industrial park off Airport-Pulling Road and Trade Center Way in Naples. It’s the sound of mosquito control spraying…
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2016/06/30
Article in SOMD News, Jun. 30, 2016
SOMD reports that the new traps, called the BG-Sentinel traps from Biogents, are specially designed to catch two varieties of mosquitoes in Calverty County that are capable of carrying the Zika: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
By TAMARA WARD
See Something. Say Something. Many people are familiar with the national campaign to raise public awareness of indicators of terrorism and to report suspicious activities and packages to state and local enforcement. However, the Calvert County Mosquito Control Division does not want residents to be alarmed by the new specialized mosquito traps sprinkled throughout county neighborhoods…
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2016/06/09
Article in Khon 2 News, published: June 9, 2016, 9:13 am
The article is linked to a video with the BG-Sentinel trap used by the US Navy.
By Web Staff
Navy medical entomologists have been on our program several times in recent years to explain how they fight the spread of disease by mosquitoes. Today, LT James Harwood joins us from Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six at Pearl Harbor to talk about the front lines of preventing Zika, Dengue and other diseases spread by mosquitoes…
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