Biogents will attend the JITMM 2017 (Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting) in Bangkok, Thailand, next week from December 6 to 8.
We will present our products at booth A1 and are looking forward to seeing you there!
Biogents will exhibit at the 89th Annual Fall Meeting of the FMCA (Florida Mosquito Control Association) from November 14 -17, 2017 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando.
We will present our products BG-GAT, the BG-Counter, the BG-Sentinel and our new Modular Trapping System (BG-MTS).
Biogents takes part at the annual meeting of the ASTMH (American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene) from the November 5-9, 2017 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland USA
At our booth (no. 416), we present our products such as the BG-GAT, the BG-Counter, the BG-Sentinel, and a prototype of a new trap!
We are looking forward seeing you there!
Biogents attends the 8th conference of the EMCA (European Mosquito Control Association) in Bečići, Montenegro, next week (March 12 – 16, 2017). Central thematic: Mosquito Control in a Changing Environment.
Come by and visit our booth, where we will present our products such as the new BG-Bowl, the BG-GAT, the BG-Counter, and the BG-Sentinel 2, as well as our contract research services!
We will attend the 83rd annual meeting of the AMCA (American Mosquito Control Association) in San Diego, California next week (Feb. 13 – 17, 2017). Come by and visit our booth (number 427), where we will present our products such as the new BG-Bowl, the BG-GAT, the BG-Counter, and the BG-Sentinel 2, as well as our contract research services!
Scientists all over the world can now track the growth of mosquito populations on their computers. German mosquito experts developed in cooperation with a company from Silicon Valley a new kind of high-tech equipment – a mosquito counting machine. The counter is now going into serial production. Recently, a demonstration model has come online at Lake Starnberg south of Munich, Germany. Since mid-June, it has been possible to track the increase in mosquito populations after the recent floods and even the times at which these insects are particularly active.
Last week, Microsoft announced that it was developing a similar mosquito trapping system, indicating that the demand for such intelligent mosquito traps is great and will continue to grow in the future.
The CDC recommends using the BG-Sentinel trap as a surveillance tool in the fight against tiger mosquitoes which transmit dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and the Zika virus. According to the CDC, the BG-Sentinel is one of the most highly used mosquito traps to collect adult tiger mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus).
Aedes albopictus is both a nuisance and a competent vector for various arthropod-borne pathogens. Although efficient traps for Ae. albopictus exist and are used for population monitoring, their use as a control tool has not yet been studied. We evaluated Biogents BG-Sentinel mosquito traps, used with the BG Lure, as control tools in northern Italy. Between 64% and 87% fewer Ae. albopictus individuals were collected by HLC at the intervention sites with the BG-Sentinel mosquito traps, as compared to the untreated control sites. These results indicate that the sustained use and proper placement of efficient mosquito traps can significantly reduce Ae. albopictus biting pressure.
