| spatial and temporal distribution of resting female mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) in the coastal plain of north carolina. | the spatial and temporal distribution of 28 species of female mosquitoes resting in natural (swamp, woods, and swamp-woods ecotone) and human-made (beneath bridges) habitats in blackwater stream-associated ecosystems in duplin county, n.c., was determined by sampling with a d-vac vacuum aspirator during 1984 and 1985. two types of resting distributions were evident. in type one, species including aedes atlanticus dyar & knab, ae. canadensis (theobald), ae. triseriatus (say), and psorophora ferox ... | 1992 | 1353797 |
| culex erraticus: a host for dirofilaria immitis. | | 1989 | 2708985 |
| species composition and feeding success of mosquitoes attracted to caged dogs in indiana. | a field study using caged dogs in mosquito bait traps was conducted in eastcentral indiana to determine the species composition of mosquitoes coming to feed. fourteen species of mosquitoes from 5 genera were collected; aedes trivittatus predominated. feeding success rates were measured as the percentage of mosquitoes collected that had a fresh blood meal. the species having the highest rates were: culex erraticus, aedes stimulans and ae. trivittatus. aedes vexans and cx. pipiens/restuans had mar ... | 1985 | 2906663 |
| sporogony, development and ultrastructure of plasmodium floridense in culex erraticus. | | 1988 | 3192344 |
| vector incrimination and experimental transmission of plasmodium floridense by bites of infected culex (melanoconion) erraticus. | a survey of mosquitoes which are attracted to and readily feed upon lizards in a northcentral florida area where there is a relatively high prevalence of plasmodium floridense in anolis carolinensis was conducted. culex erraticus and cx. territans, collected in lizard-baited traps, readily fed on lizards in the traps and in the laboratory, and the former mosquito species is an experimental vector of plasmodium floridense. sporozoites were observed in the salivary glands from 11 to 14 days at 21- ... | 1987 | 3504906 |
| eastern equine encephalitis transmission to emus (dromaius novaehollandiae) in volusia county, florida: 1992 through 1994. | from may 1992 through october 1994, sera were collected from 204 domestic emus (dromaius novaehollandiae) at a ranch in volusia county, fl, and tested for antibody evidence of arboviral infection. hemagglutination-inhibition (hi) and neutralizing (nt) antibodies to eastern equine encephalitis (eee) virus were identified in sera collected during each year. in addition, hi and nt antibodies to st. louis encephalitis virus were detected in 3 naturally infected emus. isolations of eee virus were mad ... | 1996 | 8887222 |
| evaluation of butanone, carbon dioxide, and 1-octen-3-ol as attractants for mosquitoes associated with north central florida bay and cypress swamps. | field studies were conducted to determine the responses of mosquitoes found in north central florida bay and cypress swamps to carbon dioxide (co2), light, butanone, and 1-octen-3-ol (octenol), alone and co2 in combination with each of the others. the response of these mosquito species to 5 co2 release rates (2, 20, 100, 200, and 2,000 ml/min) of co2 was also determined. the use of co2 resulted in a response in all the species studied; the pattern of response to increasing co2 levels varied from ... | 1998 | 9813827 |
| arbovirus surveillance in south carolina, 1996-98. | arboviruses isolated and identified from mosquitoes in south carolina (usa) are described, including new state records for eastern equine encephalitis virus (eee), st. louis encephalitis virus (sle), flanders virus, tensaw virus (ten), and a variant of jamestown canyon virus (jc). mosquitoes were collected at 52 locations in 30 of 46 south carolina counties beginning in june 1996, and ending in october 1998, and tested for arboviruses. of 1,329 mosquito pools tested by virus isolation (85,806 mo ... | 2001 | 11345423 |
| operational studies with valent vectolex wdg, bacillus sphaericus, in three florida mosquito control districts. | vectolex wdg, bacillus sphaericus (valent biosciences corporation), was evaluated in 3 florida mosquito control districts under operational conditions. application rates were 0.5 and 1.0 lb/acre and an untreated control in each district. study sites included woodland ponds, residential areas such as catch basins, and commercial business retention ponds. pretreatment and posttreatment assessments were made with a standard dipper at designated dipping stations. the most prevalent mosquitoes includ ... | 2002 | 12542192 |
| transmission of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in central alabama. | a site near tuskegee, alabama was examined for vector activity of eastern equine encephalomyelitis (eee) virus in 2001. more than 23,000 mosquitoes representing 8 genera and 34 species were collected during a 21-week period, and five species, culiseta melanura, aedes vexans, coquillettidia perturbans, culex erraticus, and uranotaenia sapphirina, were examined for the presence of virus using a nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for eee virus. each species was infected at vario ... | 2003 | 12875303 |
| host feeding patterns of established and potential mosquito vectors of west nile virus in the eastern united states. | an important variable in determining the vectorial capacity of mosquito species for arthropod-borne infections is the degree of contact of the vector and the vertebrate reservoir. this parameter can be estimated by examining the host-feeding habits of vectors. serological and polymerase chain reaction based methods have been used to study the host-feedings patterns of 21 mosquito species from new york, new jersey, and tennessee, 19 of which previously have been found infected with west nile viru ... | 2004 | 15018775 |
| mosquito and arbovirus activity during 1997-2002 in a wetland in northeastern mississippi. | the species composition and population dynamics of adult mosquitoes in a wetland near iuka, ms, were analyzed over a 6-yr period (1997-2002) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (pcr) detection rates of arboviruses determined during five of those years. blood meals of three likely vector species were identified using a pcr-based method that allows identification of the host to species. culex erraticus (dyar & knab) composed 51.9% of the population during the 6-yr period with 295 f ... | 2004 | 15185956 |
| identification of reptilian and amphibian blood meals from mosquitoes in an eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus focus in central alabama. | uranotaenia sapphirina, culex erraticus, and cx. peccator were collected in an enzootic eastern equine encephalomyelitis (eee) virus focus in central alabama (tuskegee national forest) from 2001 to 2003 and analyzed for virus as well as host selection. eee virus was detected in each species every year except 2003, when pools of cx. peccator were negative. most (97%) of the 130 cx. peccator blood meals identified were from ectothermic hosts; 3% were from birds. among blood meals from reptiles (ap ... | 2004 | 15381805 |
| entomopathogenic fungi for mosquito control: a review. | fungal diseases in insects are common and widespread and can decimate their populations in spectacular epizootics. virtually all insect orders are susceptible to fungal diseases, including dipterans. fungal pathogens such as lagenidium, coelomomyces and culicinomyces are known to affect mosquito populations, and have been studied extensively. there are, however, many other fungi that infect and kill mosquitoes at the larval and/or adult stage. the discovery, in 1977, of the selective mosquito-pa ... | 2004 | 15861235 |
| mosquito surveillance for west nile virus in southeastern wisconsin--2002. | in 2001, west nile virus (wnv) was identified among dead american crows and bluejays in five counties in southeastern wisconsin. in response to the introduction of wnv, a pilot mosquito surveillance program was initiated in these five southeastern wisconsin counties during the summer of 2002. forty sites were selected for surveillance one night each week during a 17-week period. mosquitoes were collected in carbon dioxide-baited light traps and gravid traps. during the study period 31,419 mosqui ... | 2003 | 15931283 |
| ecological characterization of the aquatic habitats of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) in enzootic foci of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in western venezuela. | we studied the aquatic mosquito habitats in and around enzootic foci of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (vee) in western venezuela. specimens were sampled for 5 mo in three types of vegetation: tall lowland tropical forests, short inundated/secondary growth forests, and pastures/herbaceous vegetation around forests. ground pools, flooded pastures, swamps, ponds, and canals predominated. we used a multivariate statistical approach to quantitatively assess the relationships of mosquito specie ... | 2005 | 15962775 |
| morphological and molecular characterization of a cypovirus (reoviridae) from the mosquito uranotaenia sapphirina (diptera: culicidae). | a novel cypovirus has been isolated from the mosquito uranotaenia sapphirina (uscpv) and shown to cause a chronic infection confined to the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the gastric ceca and posterior stomach. the production of large numbers of virions and inclusion bodies and their arrangement into paracrystalline arrays gives the gut of infected insects a distinctive blue iridescence. the virions, which were examined by electron microscopy, are icosahedral (55 to 65 nm in diameter) with a c ... | 2005 | 16014906 |
| west nile virus-infected mosquitoes, louisiana, 2002. | human cases of west nile virus (wnv) disease appeared in st. tammany and tangipahoa parishes in southeastern louisiana in june 2002. cases peaked during july, then rapidly declined. we conducted mosquito collections from august 3 to august 15 at residences of patients with confirmed and suspected wnv disease to estimate species composition, relative abundance, and wnv infection rates. a total of 31,215 mosquitoes representing 25 species were collected by using primarily gravid traps and co2-bait ... | 2005 | 16229769 |
| a dynamic transmission model of eastern equine encephalitis virus. | eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) is one of several arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) endemic to the united states. interactions between arthropod (mosquito) vectors and avian amplification host populations play a significant role in the dynamics of arboviral transmission. recent data have suggested the hypothesis that an increased rate of successful feeding on young-of-the-year (yoy) birds might play a role in the dynamics of eeev transmission. to test this hypothesis, we developed a ... | 2006 | 16501661 |
| seasonal dynamics of four potential west nile vector species in north-central texas. | a population survey was conducted from april through september 2002 on mosquito species occurring on the ray roberts greenbelt, a riparian corridor used for public recreation on the elm fork of the trinity river, in denton county, tx. geographic information system software was used to set up a stratified random sampling design based on habitat parameters. mosquitoes were collected using light traps, gravid traps, and resting boxes. a total of 29 species was collected during this study belonging ... | 2005 | 16599151 |
| targeted trapping of mosquito vectors in the chesapeake bay area of maryland. | most adult mosquito surveillance in maryland is performed using dry ice-baited or unbaited centers for disease control (cdc) miniature light traps suspended approximately 1.5 m above the ground. however, standardized trapping methods may miss mosquito species involved in disease transmission cycles. during a 2-yr study, the effectiveness of the olfactory attractant 1-octen-3-ol alone and in combination with carbon dioxide was evaluated for collecting mosquito vector species. in addition, trap he ... | 2006 | 16619593 |
| blood meal identification from mosquitoes collected at a commercial alligator farm. | outbreaks of west nile virus on a florida alligator farm prompted an investigation of which species of mosquitoes were feeding on the animals at the farm. mosquitoes were collected on 4 separate overnight trips in september and october 2003 by using co2-baited centers for disease control light traps and wooden resting boxes that were placed inside or near the alligator housing pens. mosquitoes were identified to species, bloodfed individuals were separated, and their abdomens were removed for dn ... | 2006 | 17067063 |
| efficacy of four trap types for detecting and monitoring culex spp. in north central florida. | the effectiveness of four types of mosquito traps at sampling culex mosquitoes was compared at two north central florida study sites (a commercial dairy and a swine research unit) with highly eutrophic lagoons that have a history of producing large populations of culex mosquitoes. traps evaluated included a john hock (jh) model 1012 cdc style light trap, jh model 1712 cdc gravid trap (gt), and american biophysics corporation's mosquito magnet-experimental (mm-x) and commercial model mm-professio ... | 2006 | 17162943 |
| west nile virus infection in mosquitoes in the mid-south usa, 2002-2005. | west nile virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, wnv) was first detected in the tennessee valley and in alabama in august 2001. in summer 2002, intensive viral activity was seen, but in subsequent years, viral activity settled into an enzootic pattern. here, we report an analysis of viral activity in the mosquito fauna in the mid-south from 2002 (the first year viral activity was detected in mosquitoes) through 2005. eight mosquito species were infected with wnv during 2002. however, vira ... | 2007 | 17294929 |
| arbovirus transmission by culex nigripalpus in florida, 2005. | understanding the transmission patterns of west nile and st. louis encephalitis viruses (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, wnv and slev) could result in an increased ability to predict transmission risk to humans. to examine transmission patterns between vector and host, we trapped mosquitoes in three florida counties from june to november 2005 by using chicken-baited lard can mosquito traps. these traps were used to monitor for presence of wnv and slev in mosquitoes and subsequent transmis ... | 2008 | 18533444 |
| persistent west nile virus transmission and the apparent displacement st. louis encephalitis virus in southeastern california, 2003-2006. | west nile virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, wnv) invaded the colorado desert biome of southern california during summer 2003 and seemed to displace previously endemic st. louis encephalitis virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, slev, an antigenically similar flavivirus in the japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex). western equine encephalomyelitis virus (family togaviridae, genus alphavirus, weev), an antigenically distinct alphavirus, was detected during 2005 and 2006, ind ... | 2008 | 18533445 |
| preference of female mosquitoes for natural and artificial resting sites. | at a wetland study site in tuskegee national forest, al, resting female mosquitoes were collected from natural and artificial resting sites to identify species-specific resting sites and to evaluate various artificial resting sites for their utility in collecting resting mosquitoes. natural resting sites included small tree cavities, large tree cavities, and understory vegetation. artificial resting sites included resting boxes, fiber pots, and plastic trash cans. we collected 12,888 female mosq ... | 2008 | 18666530 |
| potential for north american mosquitoes to transmit rift valley fever virus. | the rapid spread of west nile viral activity across north america since its discovery in 1999 illustrates the potential for an exotic arbovirus to be introduced and widely established across north america. rift valley fever virus (rvfv) has been responsible for large outbreaks in africa that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of human infections and major economic disruption due to loss of livestock and to trade restrictions. however, little is known about the potential for north american mo ... | 2008 | 19181056 |
| evaluation of the mosquito sentinel 360 trap in florida residential environments. | the mosquito sentinel 360 (ms) trap was evaluated in back yards of 6 residences in and near gainesville, fl. carbon dioxide and blue-light-emitting diode-modified centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) traps were utilized as a human substitute host to provide a measure of the effectiveness of the ms trap in reducing mosquito presence at the back door area of the houses. at 5 of the 6 residences, a ms trap was operated with or without carbon dioxide, lurex3 + octenol, or an experimental ... | 2008 | 19181060 |
| genomic sequence and phylogenetic analysis of culex flavivirus, an insect-specific flavivirus, isolated from culex pipiens (diptera: culicidae) in iowa. | adult mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) were collected in 2007 and tested for specific viruses, including west nile virus, as part of the ongoing arbovirus surveillance efforts in the state of iowa. a subset of these mosquitoes (6,061 individuals in 340 pools) was further tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) using flavivirus universal primers. of the 211 pools of culex pipiens (l.) tested, 50 were positive. one of 51 pools of culex tarsalis coquillet was also positive ... | 2009 | 19645300 |
| host feeding patterns of potential vectors of eastern equine encephalitis virus at an epizootic focus in tennessee. | in 2006, 2,817 blood-fed mosquitoes were collected from the site of a 2005 eastern equine encephalitis outbreak in chester county, tn. using a polymerase chain reaction-based assay, 264 vertebrate hosts were identified from seven mosquito species. culex erraticus and cx. nigripalpus fed on a diversity of mammalian, avian, and reptilian hosts, whereas anopheles quadrimaculatus and an. punctipennis were predominantly mammalophagic. overall, 27% of cx. nigripalpus, 16% of cx. erraticus, and 7% of a ... | 2009 | 19706914 |
| rapid assessment of mosquitoes and arbovirus activity after floods in southeastern kansas, 2007. | a rapid assessment was conducted in july-august 2007 to determine the impact of heavy rains and early summer floods on the mosquitoes and arbovirus activity in 4 southeastern kansas counties. during 10 days and nights of collections using different types and styles of mosquito traps, a total of 10,512 adult female mosquitoes representing 29 species were collected, including a new species record for kansas (psorophora mathesoni). high numbers of aedes albopictus were collected. over 4,000 specime ... | 2009 | 19852215 |
| response of adult mosquitoes to light-emitting diodes placed in resting boxes and in the field. | the response of adult mosquitoes to 4 light-emitting diode (led) wavelengths was evaluated using diode-equipped sticky cards (descs) and diode-equipped resting boxes at 2 sites in north central florida. wavelengths evaluated were blue (470 nm), green (502 nm), red (660 nm), and infrared (ir) (860 nm). when trapping with descs, 15 mosquito species from 7 genera (aedes, anopheles, coquillettidia, culex, mansonia, psorophora, and uranotaenia) were captured. overall, approximately 43.8% of all mosqu ... | 2009 | 19852218 |
| a new, cost-effective, battery-powered aspirator for adult mosquito collections. | we report the development of a new mosquito aspirator with the same aspiration capacity (airflow) of the cdc backpack aspirator (cdc-bp), but smaller and lighter (0.8 kg without battery), less expensive (us$45-70), easier to build, and compatible with the use of telescoping extension poles to access hard-to-reach locations. the performance of this new aspirator, named "prokopack," was compared with the cdc-bp in laboratory settings as well as in paired collections in combined sewer overflow (cso ... | 2009 | 19960668 |
| developing gis-based eastern equine encephalitis vector-host models in tuskegee, alabama. | a site near tuskegee, alabama was examined for vector-host activities of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (eeev). land cover maps of the study site were created in arcinfo 9.2 from quickbird data encompassing visible and near-infrared (nir) band information (0.45 to 0.72 microm) acquired july 15, 2008. georeferenced mosquito and bird sampling sites, and their associated land cover attributes from the study site, were overlaid onto the satellite data. sas 9.1.4 was used to explore univariat ... | 2010 | 20181267 |
| blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? | abstract: | 2010 | 20205866 |
| emergence of zoonotic arboviruses by animal trade and migration. | abstract: arboviruses are transmitted in nature exclusively or to a major extend by arthropods. they belong to the most important viruses invading new areas in the world and their occurrence is strongly influenced by climatic changes due to the life cycle of the transmitting vectors. several arboviruses have emerged in new regions of the world during the last years, like west nile virus (wnv) in the americas, usutu virus (usuv) in central europe, or rift valley fever virus (rvfv) in the arabian ... | 2010 | 20377873 |
| detection of west nile virus rna in mosquitoes and identification of mosquito blood meals collected at alligator farms in louisiana. | since 2001, alligator farms in the united states have sustained substantial economic losses because of west nile virus (wnv) outbreaks in american alligators (alligator mississippiensis). once an initial infection is introduced into captive alligators, wnv can spread among animals by contaminative transmission. some outbreaks have been linked to feeding on infected meat or the introduction of infected hatchlings, but the initial source of wnv infection has been uncertain in other outbreaks. we c ... | 2010 | 20695278 |
| potential for north american mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) to transmit rift valley fever virus. | to determine which arthropods should be targeted for control should rift valley fever virus (rvfv) be detected in north america, we evaluated culex erraticus (dyar and knab), culex erythrothorax dyar, culex nigripalpus theobald, culex pipiens l., culex quinquefasciatus say, culex tarsalis coquillett, aedes dorsalis (wiedemann), aedes vexans (meigen), anopheles quadrimaculatus say, and culicoides sonorensis wirth and jones from the western, midwestern, and southern united states for their ability ... | 2010 | 20939385 |
| estimation of dispersal distances of culex erraticus in a focus of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the southeastern united states. | patterns of mosquito dispersal are important for predicting the risk of transmission of mosquito-borne pathogens to vertebrate hosts. we studied dispersal behavior of culex erraticus (dyar & knab), a potentially significant vector of eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) that is often associated with foci of this pathogen in the southeastern united states. using data on the relative density of resting adult female cx. erraticus around known emergence sites in tuskegee national forest, alabama ... | 2010 | 21175044 |
| temporal analysis of feeding patterns of culex erraticus in central alabama. | host blood meals in seven mosquito species previously shown to be infected with eastern equine encephalitis virus at a site in the tuskegee national forest in southcentral alabama were investigated. of 1374 blood meals derived from 88 different host species collected over 6 years from these seven mosquito species, 1099 were derived from culex erraticus. analysis of the temporal pattern of cx. erraticus meals using a runs test revealed that the patterns of feeding upon avian and mammalian hosts f ... | 2011 | 21395423 |
| host reproductive phenology drives seasonal patterns of host use in mosquitoes. | seasonal shifts in host use by mosquitoes from birds to mammals drive the timing and intensity of annual epidemics of mosquito-borne viruses, such as west nile virus, in north america. the biological mechanism underlying these shifts has been a matter of debate, with hypotheses falling into two camps: (1) the shift is driven by changes in host abundance, or (2) the shift is driven by seasonal changes in the foraging behavior of mosquitoes. here we explored the idea that seasonal changes in host ... | 2011 | 21408172 |
| crepuscular flight activity of culex erraticus (diptera: culicidae). | circadian patterns of flight activity in mosquitoes can influence pathogen transmission by regulating dispersal potential of vectors and contact rates between vectors and reservoir and/or dead-end hosts. we investigated circadian activity patterns of culex erraticus (dyar and knab) at a wetland field site in central alabama, by aspirating resting adults and questing females in the morning and evening hours, respectively. mosquitoes were aspirated at regular time intervals to determine the time o ... | 2011 | 21485351 |
| phylogenetic analysis of eastern equine encephalitis virus isolates from florida. | abstract. florida has the highest degree of endemicity for eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) of any state in the united states and is the only state with year-round transmission of eeev. to further understand the viral population dynamics in florida, the genome sequence of six eeev isolates from central florida were determined. these data were used to identify the most polymorphic regions of the eeev genome from viruses isolated in florida. the sequence of these polymorphic regions was th ... | 2011 | 21540379 |
| a multi-year study of mosquito feeding patterns on avian hosts in a southeastern focus of eastern equine encephalitis virus. | abstract. eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that cycles in birds but also causes severe disease in humans and horses. we examined patterns of avian host use by vectors of eeev in alabama from 2001 to 2009 using blood-meal analysis of field-collected mosquitoes and avian abundance surveys. the northern cardinal (cardinalis cardinalis) was the only preferred host (fed on significantly more than expected based on abundance) of culiseta melanura, the enzootic vect ... | 2011 | 21540380 |
| winter biology of wetland mosquitoes at a focus of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus transmission in alabama, usa. | at temperate latitudes, vectors and pathogens must possess biological mechanisms for coping with cold temperatures and surviving from one transmission season to the next. mosquitoes that overwinter in the adult stage have been proposed as winter maintenance hosts for certain arboviruses. in the cases of west nile virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus) and st. louis encephalitis virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus), discovery of infected overwintering females lends support to this ... | 2011 | 21936314 |
| a checklist of the mosquitoes of new jersey with notes on established invasive species. | a checklist of 63 species of mosquitoes endemic in new jersey is presented. although aedes albopictus was included in the previous checklist, the species has dramatically increased its geographic range and population numbers in recent years, and it is now prevalent in 19 of new jersey's 21 counties. the invasive aedes japonicus japonicus is also now widespread throughout the state and is an addition to the previous checklist. culex erraticus, an endemic species with a previous distribution prima ... | 2012 | 23833904 |
| pest and disease management: why we shouldn't go against the grain. | given the wide range of scales and mechanisms by which pest or disease agents disperse, it is unclear whether there might exist a general relationship between scale of host heterogeneity and spatial spread that could be exploited by available management options. in this model-based study, we investigate the interaction between host distributions and the spread of pests and diseases using an array of models that encompass the dispersal and spread of a diverse range of economically important speci ... | 2013 | 24098739 |
| a tyrosine-to-histidine switch at position 18 of the ross river virus e2 glycoprotein is a determinant of virus fitness in disparate hosts. | arthritogenic alphaviruses are human pathogens maintained in nature through alternating replication in vertebrates and mosquitoes. using chimeric viruses, we previously reported that replacement of the pe2 coding region of the t48 strain of ross river virus (rrv-t48) with that from the attenuated dc5692 strain, which differ by 7 amino acids, resulted in an attenuated disease phenotype in a mouse model of rrv-induced rheumatic disease. here, we demonstrate that introduction of one of these amino ... | 2013 | 23514884 |
| vector-host interactions of culiseta melanura in a focus of eastern equine encephalitis virus activity in southeastern virginia. | eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) causes a highly pathogenic mosquito-borne zoonosis that is responsible for sporadic outbreaks of severe illness in humans and equines in the eastern usa. culiseta (cs.) melanura is the primary vector of eeev in most geographic regions but its feeding patterns on specific avian and mammalian hosts are largely unknown in the mid-atlantic region. the objectives of our study were to: 1) identify avian hosts of cs. melanura and evaluate their potential role in ... | 2015 | 26327226 |
| ecology of culiseta melanura and other mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) from walton county, fl, during winter period 2013-2014. | winter ecology of putative vectors of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (eeev) in northern florida was investigated at field locations with evidence of historic eeev winter transmission. light traps and resting shelters were used to sample the mosquito community in the vicinity of eight sentinel flocks throughout the winter period (november-april) of 2013 and 2014 in walton county, fl. overall mosquito activity was relatively low, although mosquitoes were captured during each week of the st ... | 2015 | 26336227 |
| field investigations of winter transmission of eastern equine encephalitis virus in florida. | studies investigating winter transmission of eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) were conducted in hillsborough county, florida. the virus was detected in culiseta melanura and anopheles quadrimaculatus in february 2012 and 2013, respectively. during the winter months, herons were the most important avian hosts for all mosquito species encountered. in collections carried out in the summer of 2011, blood meals taken from herons were still common, but less frequently encountered than in winte ... | 2014 | 25070997 |
| risk of exposure to eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus increases with the density of northern cardinals. | for a variety of infectious diseases, the richness of the community of potential host species has emerged as an important factor in pathogen transmission, whereby a higher richness of host species is associated with a lowered disease risk. the proposed mechanism driving this pattern is an increased likelihood in species-rich communities that infectious individuals will encounter dead-end hosts. mosquito-borne pathogen systems potentially are exceptions to such "dilution effects" because mosquito ... | 2013 | 23469095 |
| winter severity predicts the timing of host shifts in the mosquito culex erraticus. | in temperate regions, seasonal epidemics of many mosquito-borne viruses are triggered when mosquito populations shift from feeding on avian to mammalian hosts. we investigated effects of temperature on the timing of bird-to-mammal shifts using an 8 year dataset of blood-meals from a mosquito (culex erraticus) in alabama, usa. as expected, cx. erraticus shifted from avian to mammalian hosts each year. the timing of the shift, however, varied considerably among years. harshness of the preceding wi ... | 2012 | 22399787 |
| habitat associations of eastern equine encephalitis transmission in walton county florida. | eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev; family togaviridae, genus alphavirus) a highly pathogenic mosquito-borne virus is endemic to eastern north america. the ecology of eeev in florida differs from that in other parts of the united states; eeev in the northeastern united states is historically associated with freshwater wetlands. no formal test of habitat associations of eeev in florida has been reported. geographical information sciences (gis) was used in conjunction with sentinel chicken ee ... | 0 | 22679885 |
| predicting the mosquito species and vertebrate species involved in the theoretical transmission of rift valley fever virus in the united states. | rift valley fever virus (rvfv) is a mosquito-borne virus in the family bunyaviridiae that has spread throughout continental africa to madagascar and the arabian peninsula. the establishment of rvfv in north america would have serious consequences for human and animal health in addition to a significant economic impact on the livestock industry. published and unpublished data on rvfv vector competence, vertebrate host competence, and mosquito feeding patterns from the united states were combined ... | 2014 | 25211133 |
| exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of reservoir hosts, vectors, and human hosts of west nile virus: a review of the recent literature. | over the last two decades west nile virus (wnv) has been responsible for significant disease outbreaks in humans and animals in many parts of the world. its extremely rapid global diffusion argues for a better understanding of its geographic extent. the purpose of this inquiry was to explore spatio-temporal patterns of wnv using geospatial technologies to study populations of the reservoir hosts, vectors, and human hosts, in addition to the spatio-temporal interactions among these populations. r ... | 2013 | 24284356 |
| molecular identification of saint louis encephalitis virus genotype iv in colombia. | saint louis encephalitis virus (slev) is a member of the japanese-encephalitis virus serocomplex of the genus flavivirus. slev is broadly distributed in the americas and the caribbean islands, where it is usually transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus culex and primarily to birds and mammalian-hosts. humans are occasionally infected by the virus and are dead-end hosts. slev causes encephalitis in temperate regions, while in tropical regions of the americas, several human cases and a wide biologi ... | 2015 | 26313538 |
| ecology of potential west nile virus vectors in southeastern louisiana: enzootic transmission in the relative absence of culex quinquefasciatus. | a study of west nile virus (wnv) ecology was conducted in st. tammany parish, louisiana, from 2002 to 2004. mosquitoes were collected weekly throughout the year using centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) light traps placed at 1.5 and 6 m above the ground and gravid traps. a total of 379,466 mosquitoes was collected. wnv was identified in 32 pools of mosquitoes comprising four species; 23 positive pools were from culex nigripalpus collected during 2003. significantly more positive poo ... | 2013 | 23478575 |
| nest mosquito trap quantifies contact rates between nesting birds and mosquitoes. | accurate estimates of host-vector contact rates are required for precise determination of arbovirus transmission intensity. we designed and tested a novel mosquito collection device, the nest mosquito trap (nmt), to collect mosquitoes as they attempt to feed on unrestrained nesting birds in artificial nest boxes. in the laboratory, the nmt collected nearly one-third of the mosquitoes introduced to the nest boxes. we then used these laboratory data to estimate our capture efficiency of field-coll ... | 0 | 22548555 |
| vector contact rates on eastern bluebird nestlings do not indicate west nile virus transmission in henrico county, virginia, usa. | sensitive indicators of spatial and temporal variation in vector-host contact rates are critical to understanding the transmission and eventual prevention of arboviruses such as west nile virus (wnv). monitoring vector contact rates on particularly susceptible and perhaps more exposed avian nestlings may provide an advanced indication of local wnv amplification. to test this hypothesis we monitored wnv infection and vector contact rates among nestlings occupying nest boxes (primarily eastern blu ... | 2013 | 24287858 |
| anthropogenic impacts on mosquito populations in north america over the past century. | the recent emergence and spread of vector-borne viruses including zika, chikungunya and dengue has raised concerns that climate change may cause mosquito vectors of these diseases to expand into more temperate regions. however, the long-term impact of other anthropogenic factors on mosquito abundance and distributions is less studied. here, we show that anthropogenic chemical use (ddt; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and increasing urbanization were the strongest drivers of changes in mosquito ... | 2016 | 27922001 |
| north american wetlands and mosquito control. | wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. there is disagreement about the need for mosquito control in wetlands and about the techniques utilized for mosquito abatement and their impacts upon wetlands ecosystems. mosquito control in wetlands is a complex issue influenced by ... | 2012 | 23222252 |
| blood feeding patterns of potential arbovirus vectors of the genus culex targeting ectothermic hosts. | reptiles and amphibians constitute a significant portion of vertebrate biomass in terrestrial ecosystems and may be important arbovirus reservoirs. to investigate mosquito preference for ectothermic hosts, feeding indices were calculated from data collected in tuskegee national forest, alabama, usa. four mosquito species fed upon ectothermic hosts, with culex peccator and cx. territans feeding primarily upon ectotherms. these two species appeared to target distinct species with little overlap in ... | 0 | 18981528 |
| evaluation of attractive toxic sugar bait (atsb)-barrier for control of vector and nuisance mosquitoes and its effect on non-target organisms in sub-tropical environments in florida. | the efficacy of attractive toxic sugar baits (atsb) with the active ingredient eugenol, an environmental protection agency exempt compound, was evaluated against vector and nuisance mosquitoes in both laboratory and field studies. in the laboratory, eugenol combined in attractive sugar bait (asb) solution provided high levels of mortality for aedes aegypti, culex quinquefasciatus, and anopheles quadrimaculatus. field studies demonstrated significant control: >70% reduction for aedes atlanticus, ... | 2013 | 24361724 |
| sex-biased avian host use by arbovirus vectors. | prevalence of arthropod-borne parasites often differs drastically between host sexes. this sex-related disparity may be related to physiological (primarily hormonal) differences that facilitate or suppress replication of the pathogen in host tissues. alternately, differences in pathogen prevalence between host sexes may be owing to differential exposure to infected vectors. here, we report on the use of pcr-based assays recognizing bird sex chromosomes to investigate sex-related patterns of avia ... | 2014 | 26064562 |
| modeling dynamics of culex pipiens complex populations and assessing abatement strategies for west nile virus. | the primary mosquito species associated with underground stormwater systems in the united states are the culex pipiens complex species. this group represents important vectors of west nile virus (wnv) throughout regions of the continental u.s. in this study, we designed a mathematical model and compared it with surveillance data for the cx. pipiens complex collected in beaufort county, south carolina. based on the best fit of the model to the data, we estimated parameters associated with the eff ... | 2014 | 25268229 |
| nesting bird "host funnel" increases mosquito-bird contact rate. | increases in vector-host contact rates can enhance arbovirus transmission intensity. we investigated weekly fluctuations in contact rates between mosquitoes and nesting birds using the recently described nest mosquito trap (nmt). the number of mosquitoes per nestling increased from < 1 mosquito per trap night to 36.2 in the final 2 wk of the nesting season. our evidence suggests the coincidence of the end of the avian nesting season and increasing mosquito abundances may have caused a "host funn ... | 0 | 23540137 |
| west nile virus isolated from a virginia opossum (didelphis virginiana) in northwestern missouri, usa, 2012. | we describe the isolation of west nile virus (wnv; flaviviridae, flavivirus) from blood of a virginia opossum (didelphis virginiana) collected in northwestern missouri, usa in august 2012. sequencing determined that the virus was related to lineage 1a wnv02 strains. we discuss the role of wildlife in wnv disease epidemiology. | 2014 | 25098303 |
| nestedness of ectoparasite-vertebrate host networks. | determining the structure of ectoparasite-host networks will enable disease ecologists to better understand and predict the spread of vector-borne diseases. if these networks have consistent properties, then studying the structure of well-understood networks could lead to extrapolation of these properties to others, including those that support emerging pathogens. borrowing a quantitative measure of network structure from studies of mutualistic relationships between plants and their pollinators, ... | 2009 | 19924299 |
| diversity of mosquitoes and the aquatic insects associated with their oviposition sites along the pacific coast of mexico. | the abundance, richness and diversity of mosquitoes and aquatic insects associated with their oviposition sites were surveyed along eight states of the pacific coast of mexico. diversity was estimated using the shannon index (h'), similarity measures and cluster analysis. | 2014 | 24450800 |
| the juan non-ltr retrotransposon in mosquitoes: genomic impact, vertical transmission and indications of recent and widespread activity. | in contrast to dna-mediated transposable elements (tes), retrotransposons, particularly non-long terminal repeat retrotransposons (non-ltrs), are generally considered to have a much lower propensity towards horizontal transfer. detailed studies on site-specific non-ltr families have demonstrated strict vertical transmission. more studies are needed with non-site-specific non-ltr families to determine whether strict vertical transmission is a phenomenon related to site specificity or a more gener ... | 2007 | 17620143 |
| colour cues: effects of ipomoea plant extract on culex quinquefasciatus say gravid females in choosing oviposition site. | the interaction between plants and insects is dynamic, and may favour either the plant or the insect. plant chemicals are deeply implicated in this relationship and influence insect behaviour. here, we investigated the oviposition behaviour response of culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes based on the colour cues produced by ipomoea cairica leaves extract. in this study, two sets of oviposition choice experiments were conducted: (1) single solution in a cage; and (2) multiple concentration solution ... | 0 | 27688853 |
| first detection of heartland virus (bunyaviridae: phlebovirus) from field collected arthropods. | heartland virus (hrtv), the first pathogenic phlebovirus (family: bunyaviridae) discovered in the united states, was recently described from two missouri farmers. in 2012, we collected 56,428 ticks representing three species at 12 sites including both patients' farms. amblyomma americanum and dermacentor variabilis accounted for nearly all ticks collected. ten pools composed of deplete nymphs of a. americanum collected at a patient farm and a nearby conservation area were reverse transcription-p ... | 2013 | 23878186 |
| landscape movements of anopheles gambiae malaria vector mosquitoes in rural gambia. | for malaria control in africa it is crucial to characterise the dispersal of its most efficient vector, anopheles gambiae, in order to target interventions and assess their impact spatially. our study is, we believe, the first to present a statistical model of dispersal probability against distance from breeding habitat to human settlements for this important disease vector. | 2013 | 23874719 |
| why dispersal should be maximized at intermediate scales of heterogeneity. | dispersal is a fundamental biological process that results in the redistribution of organisms due to the interplay between the mode of dispersal, the range of scales over which movement occurs, and the scale of spatial heterogeneity, in which patchiness may occur across a broad range of scales. despite the diversity of dispersal mechanisms and dispersal length scales in nature, we posit that a fundamental scaling relationship should exist between dispersal and spatial heterogeneity. we present b ... | 2012 | 25540676 |
| prevalence of dirofilaria immitis (nematoda: filarioidea) in mosquitoes from northeast arkansas, the united states. | a mosquito survey was conducted to identify which species of mosquitoes carry dirofilaria immitis (leidy) (nematoda: filarioidea), dog heartworm, in northeast arkansas. using polymerase chain reaction, mosquitoes were analyzed for d. immitis, dirofilaria repens railliet & henry, and acanthocheilonema dracunculoides cobbold. mosquitoes were collected from april to october 2009 using black light ultraviolet traps baited with dry ice. sixteen mosquito species were identified. d. immitis was identif ... | 2013 | 23926787 |
| vector competence and capacity of culex erraticus (diptera: culicidae) for eastern equine encephalitis virus in the southeastern united states. | field studies of the ecology of eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev; family togaviridae, genus alphavirus) in the southeastern united states have demonstrated that culex erraticus (dyar and knab) is the most common mosquito at many enzootic sites and is often infected with the virus. however, the competence of cx. erraticus for eeev has not been explored in detail. culex erraticus females were collected from the field and fed upon eeev-infected chicks. the infected mosquitoes were provided h ... | 2016 | 26659606 |
| host preference of the arbovirus vector culex erraticus (diptera: culicidae) at sonso lake, cauca valley department, colombia. | culex erraticus (dyar & knab) is a competent vector of eastern equine encephalitis virus and subtype ic venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and both st. louis encephalitis virus and west nile virus have been isolated from field-collected specimens. previous bloodmeal analysis studies have shown this species to be a generalist, feeding on a variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. this behavior can bridge arboviral transmission across different vertebrate groups. our study examined ... | 2012 | 23025191 |
| eastern equine encephalitis in tennessee: 2002-2008. | human and equine outbreaks caused by eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (eeev) typically occur in north america adjacent to coastal wetlands associated with the presence of culiseta melanura (coquillet) mosquitoes. eastern equine encephalomyelitis (eee) is an emerging disease in tennessee, as the first records of equine disease began in 2002. in 2006 we trapped and tested mosquitoes for eeev at hardwood swamps in western tennessee that were at the epicenter of a multi-equine outbreak in fall ... | 2012 | 22679883 |
| evaluating surveillance methods for arboviral vectors of la crosse virus and west nile virus of southern appalachia. | to monitor mosquito-borne diseases, public health departments conduct mosquito and pathogen surveillance. our objective was to evaluate mosquito monitoring methods for collecting la crosse virus (lacv) and west nile virus (wnv) vectors (aedes and culex mosquitoes, respectively) in southern appalachia. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) light traps baited with carbon dioxide (co(2)), cdc light traps baited with co(2) and bg lure, bg-sentinel traps baited with co(2), gravid traps bai ... | 2016 | 27105213 |
| establishment of culex (melanoconion) erraticus (diptera: culicidae) in southern ontario, canada. | culex (melanoconion) erraticus (dyar and knab) is now established in southern ontario, canada. this species was first discovered in 2002 during a province-wide adult mosquito surveillance program for west nile virus. using co2-baited cdc miniature light traps, a few cx. erraticus were collected from 2002 to 2011, but the total number increased during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. the number of ontario public health units with records for cx. erraticus has also increased since 2002, demonstrating th ... | 2015 | 26334828 |
| genetic structure of culex erraticus populations across the americas. | culex erraticus (dyar & knab) is a potential competent vector for several arboviruses such as eastern and venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses and west nile virus. it therefore may play a role in the maintenance and spread of viral populations in areas of concern, including the united states where it occurs in >33 states. however, little information is available on potential barriers to movement across the species' distribution. here, we analyze genetic variation among cx. erraticus collected ... | 2012 | 22679859 |
| blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in zoos. | to determine if the unique host assemblages in zoos influence blood-feeding by mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae), a sampling programme was conducted in greenville and riverbanks zoos, south carolina, u.s.a., from april 2009 to october 2010. a total of 4355 female mosquitoes of 14 species were collected, of which 106 individuals of nine species were blood-fed. the most common taxa were aedes albopictus (skuse), aedes triseriatus (say), anopheles punctipennis (say), culex erraticus (dyar & knab), cu ... | 2012 | 22390304 |
| larval aquatic and terrestrial mites infesting a temperate assemblage of mosquitoes. | we collected 22,769 adult female mosquitoes, representing 27 species, from light traps in norfolk, virginia (2006-2007) and examined them to assess infestation by larval mites. mosquitoes were parasitized by two species of aquatic (acari: arrenuridae: arrenurus) and three species of terrestrial mites (acari: erythraeidae). the prevalence of infestation varied from 0.55% (2006) to 0.17% (2007). the mean intensity of parasitism ranged from 3.6 mites per host (2006) to 1.8 mites per host (2007). th ... | 2009 | 18807202 |
| resting environments of some costa rican mosquitoes. | the resting sites of tropical american mosquitoes are poorly documented, and the few reports that do exist are largely from opportunistic collections. since blood-engorged females (used in determining host associations) are more efficiently collected from resting sites than attractive traps, information on resting site utilization has practical value. to investigate differences in the resting sites utilized by tropical mosquitoes, we collected and identified female mosquitoes from one man-made ( ... | 2013 | 23701603 |
| [culicidae of medical-veterinary importance in natural breeding sites located in three areas of camagüey province in cuba]. | malaria is a serious public health problem at present; it affects almost half of the population from over 100 countries and poses a high risk of reintroduction in cuba. | 2013 | 23447830 |
| ineffectiveness of mass trapping for mosquito control in st. andrews state park, panama city beach, florida. | abstract. mass trapping with multiple co2- and octenol-supplemented mosquito magnet x traps (mm-x), operated 24 h/day, 7 days/wk, from march through november 2008, at st. andrews state park on northwest florida's gulf coast, did not significantly reduce mosquito numbers compared to nontreated control sites. anopheles crucians, aedes taeniorhynchus, culex salinarius, and culex erraticus were the predominant species. culex coronator was also collected for the first time in the park. failure to red ... | 2010 | 20402350 |
| comparison of two american biophysics mosquito traps: the professional and a new counterflow geometry trap. | large cage and field studies were conducted to compare the efficacy of 2 american biophysics corporation mosquito traps, the standard professional (pro) trap and a new counterflow geometry (cfg) trap. the pro trap utilizes conventional downdraft technology and the cfg trap uses a patent-pending technology. in large cage studies, similarly baited cfg traps captured approximately 1.7 times as many laboratory-reared aedes taeniorhynchus as the pro trap. the cfg trap baited with co2 + octenol result ... | 1999 | 10480115 |
| almendravirus: a proposed new genus of rhabdoviruses isolated from mosquitoes in tropical regions of the americas. | the rhabdoviridae is a diverse family of negative-sense single-stranded rna viruses, many of which infect vertebrate hosts and are transmitted by hematophagous arthropods. others appear to be arthropod specific, circulating only within arthropod populations. herein, we report the isolation and characterization of three novel viruses from mosquitoes collected from the americas. coot bay virus was isolated from anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes collected in the everglades national park, florida ... | 2017 | 27799634 |
| field evaluation of four spatial repellent devices against arkansas rice-land mosquitoes. | four commercially available spatial repellent devices were tested in a rice-land habitat near stuttgart, ar, after semi-field level assessments had been made at the center for medical, agricultural, and veterinary entomology, agricultural research service, us department of agriculture in gainesville, fl. off! clip-on(metofluthrin), mosquito cognito (linalool), no-pest strip (dichlorvos), and thermacell (d-cisltrans allethrin) were selected for this study from >20 candidate products. the units ba ... | 2014 | 24772674 |
| bionomics of anopheles quadrimaculatus and culex erraticus (diptera: culicidae) in the falls lake basin, north carolina: seasonal changes in abundance and gonotrophic status, and host-feeding patterns. | larval and adult anopheles quadrimaculatus say (sensu lato) and culex erraticus (dyar & knab) were collected at falls of the neuse lake (falls lake) in north carolina from may 1985 to december 1986. adult mosquitoes were aspirated weekly from shelters in woodlands adjacent to larval sampling sites. an. quadrimaculatus and cx. erraticus comprised > 95% of the total number of mosquitoes collected. an. quadrimaculatus adults exhibited vernal and autumnal peaks of abundance during both years. cx. er ... | 1993 | 8360893 |
| evaluation of 1-octen-3-ol as an attractant for coquillettidia perturbans, mansonia spp. and culex spp. associated with phosphate mining operations. | field studies were conducted in phosphate mined areas of polk county, fl, to determine the responses of mosquitoes produced as a result of mining operations to octenol and carbon dioxide. there was a highly significant response of all species except culex erraticus and anopheles quadrimaculatus to co2. also, a significant negative octenol response was shown for an. quadrimaculatus. coquillettidia perturbans, mansonia titillans and cx. salinarius had an increased response to octenol relative to n ... | 1990 | 1983016 |
| a checklist of the 67 mosquito species of ontario, canada. | we provide an updated checklist of 67 endemic mosquito species known from ontario, canada. nine endemic species are added to the checklist found in darsie and ward (2005) : aedes cantator, ae. churchillensis, ae. nigripes, ae. pullatus, anopheles perplexens, an. crucians, an. smaragdinus, culex erraticus, and cx. salinarius. only 4 specimens of ae. albopictus have been recorded in ontario since 2001 despite concerted efforts to find this species; therefore, it is considered an "accidental" speci ... | 2015 | 25843183 |
| developing models for the forage ratios of culiseta melanura and culex erraticus using species characteristics for avian hosts. | studies of mosquito preferences for avian hosts have found that some bird species are at greater risk than others of being fed upon by mosquitoes. the ecological factors that determine this interspecific variation in avian host use by mosquitoes have been little studied, despite the possibility that such variation may influence spatial and temporal patterns of the occurrence of mosquito-borne pathogens. our objective was to identify ecological variables associated with the avian host forage rati ... | 2012 | 22493858 |
| a checklist of the mosquitoes of connecticut with new state records. | distribution and collection records for 3 previously unrecognized species, anopheles barberi, culex erraticus, and ochlerotatus diantaeus, are included herein. this brings to 48 the number of recognized species from 11 genera in connecticut. also, an updated checklist of the mosquitoes of connecticut that reflects the recent elevation of the subgenus ochlerotatus to generic rank is presented. | 2003 | 12674540 |
| occurrence of culex (melanoconion) erraticus (diptera: culicidae) in california. | culex erraticus is added to the 52 currently recognized mosquito species from california. four females and one male were collected in a co2 trap on august 29, 1994, at the imperial wildlife refuge, wister unit, imperial county, ca. additional specimens were collected on october 24, and larval habitats were located on october 31, 1994. possible routes of introduction are discussed. | 1995 | 8551310 |
| interactions between the invasive burmese python, python bivittatus kuhl, and the local mosquito community in florida, usa. | the burmese python, python bivittatus kuhl, is a well-established invasive species in the greater everglades ecosystem of southern florida, usa. most research on its ecological impacts focuses on its role as a predator and its trophic interactions with native vertebrate species, particularly mammals. beyond predation, there is little known about the ecological interactions between p. bivittatus and native faunal communities. it is likely that established populations of p. bivittatus in southern ... | 2018 | 29342169 |
| mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) collected from residential yards and dog kennels in florida using two aspirators, a sweep net, or a cdc trap. | mosquito surveillance typically uses centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) mosquito light traps baited with co2. from january 2013 to march 2015, we sampled seven field sites using three active mosquito-trapping techniques (two different aspirators and a sweep net) and the stationary co2-baited cdc mosquito light trap to determine mosquito capture efficacy for each technique. sampling occurred in four suburban backyards and three dog kennel facilities near gainesville, fl, usa; specie ... | 2018 | 29121250 |
| dna barcodes and evidence of cryptic diversity of anthropophagous mosquitoes in quintana roo, mexico. | culicidae mosquitoes are potential vectors of pathogens that affect human health. the correct species identification, as well as the discovery and description of cryptic species, is important in public health for the control and management of specific vectors. in the present study, the diversity of anthropophagous mosquitoes in quintana roo, at the border between mexico and belize, was evaluated using morphological and molecular data (coi-dna barcoding). a total of 1,413 adult female specimens w ... | 2019 | 31031936 |