Autor(es): Rochlin Ilia, Kawalkowski Margaret, Ninivaggi Dominick V

Resumo: Container-inhabiting Aedes are among the most medically important mosquito vectors of diseases. They also impact health - quality of life by their persistent - severe biting. Monitoring of container-inhabiting Aedes species is challenging due to the need for specialized traps - lures. Biogents Sentinel (BGS) trap has become a st-ard for Aedes albopictus (Skuse) surveillance; however, it has substantial problems with durability, quality of construction, - sample exposure to the elements. The goal of this study was to develop a methodology for collecting medically important container-inhabiting Aedes species in numbers sufficient for population trend analysis, control efficacy studies, - pathogen testing. Mosquito Magnets (MM) baited with BG lure - R-octenol were selected as the most practical alternative to BGS, collecting significantly more Ae. albopictus (32.1 ± 0.7 vs. 5.6 ± 0.1), Aedes japonicus (Theobald) (10.1 ± 0.4 vs. 1.2 ± 0.02), - Aedes triseriatus (Say) (0.9 ± 0.04 vs. 0.04 ± 0.004) females on average per trapping under a variety of weather conditions. MM can be particularly useful for long-term surveillance or when large numbers of specimens are required for pathogen isolation, such as at the sites with suspected dengue or chikungunya transmission.

Palavras-Chave: Aedes albopictus; Aedes japonicus; Chikungunya; Dengue; West Nile virus

Imprenta: Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 53, n. 2, p. 454-459, 2016

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1093/jme/tjv171

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue

Data de publicação: 2016

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