Politics & Government

Paper Co-Authored by Mercer County's Ary Farajollahi to be Published in Elite Collection

The Mosquito Control Superintendent is being recognized for a paper she co-authored about the Asian Tiger Mosquito.

A research article co-authored by Mercer County Mosquito Control Superintendent Ary Farajollahi was selected to appear in a new Public Library of Science (PLOS) collection titled “The Ecological Impacts of Climate Change,” Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced on Thursday.

The paper focuses on the Northeastern Range expansion of the Asian tiger mosquito and its impact on health, Hughes said.

It was named one of the 16 most influential and prescient papers published by PLOS One and PLOS Biology. PLOS One published over 23,000 papers last year, Hughes said.

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The collection will be published Aug. 5, and can be seen here.

“I congratulate Ary on this well-deserved recognition,” Hughes said in a prepared statement. “Asian tiger mosquitoes present an ongoing public health concern for Mercer County, and the expertise of Ary and his staff ensures that even during this historically wet season, our mosquito control efforts are second to none.”

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“Mosquito districts can be thought of as climate change sentinels because of our long-term, standardized sampling, and as climate change first responders; because when ecological conditions change, such as invasion by Asian tiger mosquitoes, we have to respond,” Farajollahi said.


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