W.A. Hawley's scientific contributions

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... Some mosquito species prefer artificial containers whereas other species prefer to breed in temporary places and some species breed preferably in water rich in Ammonia content (Reisen et al., 1977) like Anopheles stephensi, a chief vector of urban malaria (Ramachandra Rao, 1989) while others are adapted to clean and clear water like Aedes mosquitoes. Entomological studies prove that Aedes albopictus, a rural vector (Hawley, 1988) was responsible for dengue transmission (Gubler and Kuno, 1997) in some countries of S.E Asia (Smith, 1956;Hammon, 1966;Rudnick, 1967;Stephenson et al., 2003;Gratz, 2004) and thought to be a possible vector of encephalitis (Beaman and Turell, 1991), Rift Valley Fever (Turell et al., 1988) and Chikungunya virus (Turell et al., 1992). ...