A global assembly of adult female mosquito mark-release-recapture data to inform the control of mosquito-borne pathogens

Guerra, Carlos A.; Reiner, Robert C.; Perkins, T. Alex; Lindsay, Steve W.; Midega, Janet; Brady, Oliver J.; Barker, Christopher M.; Reisen, William K.; Harrington, Laura C.; Takken, Willem; Kitron, Uriel; Lloyd, Alun L.; Hay, Simon I.; Scott, Thomas W.; Smith, David L.

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-276

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“…Recently, an authoritative assembly of mosquito MRR studies has been made available. This database contains 774 unique MRR studies and aims to better inform basic research and public health interventions (90). Mark-release-recapture studies are considered the method of choice for estimating population size and mosquito survival as well as dispersal, and the first of these studies dates back to the early 20th Century (91).…”

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Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and the influence of climate change

Elbers¹,

Koenraadt²,

Meiswinkel³

2015

Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE

112

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SummaryVector-borne animal diseases pose a continuous and substantial threat to livestock economies around the globe. Increasing international travel, the globalisation of trade, and climate change are likely to play a progressively more important role in the introduction, establishment and spread of arthropod-borne pathogens worldwide. A review of the literature reveals that many climatic variables, functioning singly or in combination, exert varying effects on the distribution and range of Culicoides vector midges and mosquitoes. For example, higher temperatures may be associated with increased insect abundancethereby amplifying the risk of disease transmission -but there are no indications yet of dramatic shifts occurring in the geographic range of Culicoides midges. However, the same cannot be said for mosquitoes: over the last few decades, multiple Asian species have established themselves in Europe, spread and are unlikely to ever be eradicated. Research on how insects respond to changes in climate is still in its infancy. The authors argue that we need to grasp how other annectant changes, such as extremes in precipitation (drought and flooding), may affect the dispersal capability of mosquitoes. Models are useful for assessing the interplay between mosquito vectors expanding their range and the native flora and fauna; however, ecological studies employing classical mark-release-recapture techniques remain essential for addressing fundamental questions about the survival and dispersal of mosquito species, with the resulting parameters fed directly into new-generation disease transmission models. Studies on the eventual impact of mosquitoes on animal and human health should be tackled through large-scale integrated research programmes. Such an approach calls for more collaborative efforts, along the lines of the One Health Initiative.

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Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and the influence of climate change

Elbers¹,

Koenraadt²,

Meiswinkel³

2015

Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE

112

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“…Knowledge of mosquito dispersal is important for understanding mosquito-borne disease epidemiology and developing effective control strategies (Guerra et al 2014). Mosquitoes disperse to locate sugar sources, mates, resting sites, bloodmeals, and oviposition sites.…”

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Development and Evaluation of an Attractive Self-Marking Ovitrap to Measure Dispersal and Determine Skip Oviposition inAedes albopictus(Diptera: Culicidae) Field Populations

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Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is a container-breeding species with considerable public health importance. To date, Ae. albopictus oviposition behavior has been assessed in outdoor conditions, but only with laboratory-reared specimens. In outdoor large-cage and field studies, we used an attractive self-marking ovipositional device to assess Ae. albopictus skip oviposition behavior. In field studies, 37 wild Ae. albopictus that visited an attractive self-marking ovisite were subsequently captured at a sticky ovitrap within a 4-d period. Because the average Ae. albopictus gonotrophic period is 4.5-6 d, the wild-caught Ae. albopictus visited at least two oviposition sites within a single gonotrophic period. This provided field-based indirect evidence of skip oviposition. The mean distance traveled (MDT) during the 20-d evaluations ranged from 58 to 78 m. The maximum observed distance traveled was 149 m, which was the outer edge of our trapping ability. As populations of Ae. albopictus increased, the MDT during the 4-and 20-d post-marking period increased significantly. Additional observations of wild-marked and captured Aedes triseriatus (Say) are discussed.

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“…The concept of using pupal counts for assessment of abundance has been proposed by Focks et al . [22] and also advised in other works [15,23]. The estimation implicitly assumes, based on strong sampling efficiency, that pupae numbers should balance with mortality rates, for constant population sizes, therefore the pupae count is the product of the abundance and the mortality rate, but also accounting for sex ratio and the average pupating time.…”

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Novel inference models for estimation of abundance, survivorship and recruitment in mosquito populations using mark-release-recapture data

2017

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BackgroundExperiments involving mosquito mark-release-recapture (MRR) design are helpful to determine abundance, survival and even recruitment of mosquito populations in the field. Obstacles in mosquito MRR protocols include marking limitations due to small individual size, short lifespan, low efficiency in capturing devices such as traps, and individual removal upon capture. These limitations usually make MRR analysis restricted to only abundance estimation or a combination of abundance and survivorship, and often generate a great degree of uncertainty about the estimations.Methodology/Principal findingsWe present a set of Bayesian biodemographic models designed to fit data from most common mosquito recapture experiments. Using both field data and simulations, we consider model features such as capture efficiency, survival rates, removal of individuals due to capturing, and collection of pupae. These models permit estimation of abundance, survivorship of both marked and unmarked mosquitoes, if different, and recruitment rate. We analyze the accuracy of estimates by varying the number of released individuals, abundance, survivorship, and capture efficiency in multiple simulations. These methods can stand capture efficiencies as low as usually reported but their accuracy depends on the number of released mosquitoes, abundance and survivorship. We also show that gathering pupal counts allows estimating differences in survivorship between released mosquitoes and the unmarked population.Conclusion/SignificanceThese models are important both to reduce uncertainty in evaluating MMR experiments and also to help planning future MRR studies.

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A global assembly of adult female mosquito mark-release-recapture data to inform the control of mosquito-borne pathogens

Cited by 141 publications

References 47 publications

Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and the influence of climate change

Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and the influence of climate change

Development and Evaluation of an Attractive Self-Marking Ovitrap to Measure Dispersal and Determine Skip Oviposition inAedes albopictus(Diptera: Culicidae) Field Populations

Novel inference models for estimation of abundance, survivorship and recruitment in mosquito populations using mark-release-recapture data

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