Biographical sketch Name: Hugo Costa Osório Nationality

Biographical sketch
Name: Hugo Costa Osório

Nationality: Portuguese

Birthday: 04/08/1976
Institution:

National Institute of Health/Centre for Vectors and Infectious Diseases Research

Address: Av. Liberdade Nº5 - 2965-575 Águas de Moura, Portugal

URL: http://www.insa.pt/

Telephone: [phone]

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Scientific activity: Medical entomology; Mosquito ecology; Vector surveillance and control; Arboviruses
Academic skills: PhD (Thesis: West Nile Virus in Portugal: Vector population, host interaction and detection of new flaviviruses)
I am working on mosquito vectors and vector-borne agents in the perspective of public health, exploring various components of their natural cycle. As team member of some projects currently ongoing, I am working on the identification of mosquito populations - geographical and seasonal distribution, the analysis of genetic and environmental determinants in vector feeding behavior, vector competence studies, and screening for arboviruses in wild mosquito populations. Currently, I am also interested on vector control strategies directed to Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, in an European context.

Since 2008, I am responsible for mosquito surveillance activities within the Vector Surveillance National Program (Rede de Vigilância de Vectores - REVIVE).

Recently, I was on the local organization for the 20th Conference of the European Society of Vector Ecology (ESOVE) held in the Faculty of Medical Veterinary, University of Lisbon, and participated as a trainer in the two-day training course on vector ecology and control.