Annual reports of NT Health and its previous entities, including the NT Department of Health and regional health services. Some items have been digitised from their original, hardcopy format.
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(Medical Entomology Branch, Centre for Disease Control, NT Department of Health, 2014-01)
Centre for Disease Control
Services provided by Medical Entomology (ME) aim to reduce the impact of biting insects on the people of the Northern Territory (NT). These include the prevention of the re-introduction of malaria, the prevention of the introduction of exotic mosquito vectors of dengue, insecticide and engineering programs for mosquito control, mosquito surveillance programs in the major towns, guidelines and advice on biting insects for both large and small scale developments, a public inquiry service, a public awareness program, and incidental research on biting insects and mosquito borne viruses.