Englbrecht, Christian and Gordon, Scott and Venturelli, Claudio and Rose, Andreas and Geier, Martin (2015) EVALUATION OF BG-SENTINEL TRAP AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL TO REDUCE AEDES ALBOPICTUS NUISANCE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN ITALY. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION, 31 (1). pp. 16-25. ISSN 8756-971X, 1943-6270
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Since its introduction and establishment in Italy during the early 1990s, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has spread over large parts of Italy and other Mediterranean countries. Aedes albopictus is both a nuisance and a competent vector for various arthropod-borne pathogens. Although efficient traps for Ae. albopictus exist and are used for population monitoring, their use as a control tool has not yet been studied. We evaluated Biogents BG-Sentinel mosquito traps, used with the BG Lure, as control tools in northern Italy. The trial was performed as a controlled experiment in which 3 intervention sites, equipped with 7 or 8 BG-Sentinel traps each, were matched with 3 comparable control sites. Trap density ranged from 1 trap per 150 m(2) to 1 per 350 m(2). Mosquito populations were monitored at both the intervention and control sites with weekly human landing collections (HLC) and ovitraps. Between 64% and 87% fewer Ae. albopictus individuals were collected by HLC at the intervention sites with the BG-Sentinel mosquito traps, as compared to the untreated control sites. These results indicate that the sustained use and proper placement of efficient mosquito traps can significantly reduce Ac. albopictus biting pressure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | AEGYPTI DIPTERA-CULICIDAE; MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT; POPULATION-SIZE; VECTOR CONTROL; UNITED-STATES; PUBLIC-HEALTH; TSETSE-FLY; DISPERSAL; FLORIDA; SURVEILLANCE; Culicidae; Aedes albopictus; BG-Sentinel mosquito trap; mosquito control; nuisance reduction |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2019 08:09 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2019 08:09 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/5887 |
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