Entomological Notes from Maryland

Entomological Specimens

Entomological and Epidemiological Characteristics

The use of information on malaria vector behaviour in vector control is discussed in relation to the area of Southeast Asia comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The major vectors in the region are Anopheles dirus, An. minimus, An. maculatus and An. sundaicus, of which An. dirus is the most important. Options for vector control and the biological features of mosquitoes, whic...

Notes from the Field: Hospital Contact Investigation for a Patient Who Developed a Zoster Vaccine–Related Rash — Maryland, February 2015

On January 30, 2015, the public health department of a Maryland hospital was notified of a patient who developed a disseminated rash after receiving the live attenuated zoster vaccine, Zostavax (Merck). Zostavax is routinely provided to adults aged ≥50 years for the prevention of herpes zoster (shingles). The patient, a man aged 51 years, was evaluated in an outpatient clinic on postvaccination...

The University of Maryland College Park, Maryland

Question 2 (25 points) Consider the problem of minimizing the cost of producing some output level Y . The firm uses two inputs, labor (L) and capital (K), which can be combined to produce goods according to the production function f (L,K) = LαK1−α, α ∈ (0, 1). The effective amount of labor that is used in production is determined as L = l× t, where l is the number of workers hired, and t is the...

Notes on Dictyuchus species (Stramenopila, Oomycetes) from Anzali lagoon, Iran

Nine Dictyuchus isolates were obtained from floating and decaying twigs and leaves in Anzali lagoon, Anzali County, Guilan province, Iran. They are interestingly distinguished from current Dictyuchus species by the presence of dictyoid and achlyoid type of zoospore discharge, abundant fusiform and spherical gemma, and the absence of any sexual apparatus. In addition, phylogene...