First report on mild insecticide resistance in newly established Aegean Aedesalbopictus populations of Turkey

Abstract

a total of 2.474 ZIKV cases were reported from European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries (ECDC, 2019a).Ae. albopictus is native to southeast Asia (Gratz, 2004). However, its invasive nature has allowed it to spread from East Asia and Indian Ocean islands (subtropical / tropical areas) to all continents except Antarctica (Caminade et al., 2012;Benedict et al., 2007). The invasion potential of this species and its easy spread to the world is due to its ecological plasticity (Scholte & Schaffner, 2007). The range and distribution of Ae. albopictus has also increased due to a combination of factors, notably climate change, increased tourism, and growth of global trade (Whitehorn and Yacoub et al., 2019). Ae. albopictus has been reported in 26 countries in Europe and has established wide populations in 20 of these countries (ECDC, 2019 b, c). The existence of Ae. albopictus was first recorded in Turkey (Edirne) in 2011 (Öter et al., 2013). Akiner et al. (2016) reported widely distributed Ae. albopictus populations in Artvin, Rize, and Trabzon provinces in 2015 in the Black Sea region (Akiner et al., 2016). Then, distribution range

Insecticide resistance status in Aedes Albopictus (Skuse, 1894), (Diptera: Culicidae) populations after the first invasion of Türkiye during two years

“…Albopictus in Türkiye there have been data set of insecticide resistance of Ae. Albopictus Türkiye populations except for the one study reported from the Aegean populations [15] . The development of insecticide resistance in vector mosquito populations may result in a decline in effective control strategies [20] .…”

“…Then, sedentary populations have been reported from the North Eastern Black Sea region [14] . Finally, the Aegean region populations have been reported from Aydın and Muğla [15] . Currently, mosquito control management is a major strategy for the prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases because of the lackesness of influential drugs and vaccines against most mosquito-borne diseases [16,17] .…”

Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I variation in Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus): Determination of the different and multiple introduction situations in Turkiye

“…Finally, in 2018, it appeared in the Aegean region in Izmir (Aliaga port). Recent research by different authors and our group has revealed that the species has spread along seaside cities in the Black Sea, Marmara, and Aegean regions, as well as some inland cities in central and east Anatolia (Oter et al 2013, Demirci et al 2021a, Yavasoglu 2021.In Europe, two distinct climatic lineages of A. albopictus exist: the Italian lineage, which descended from the American-derived temperate climate Japanese lineage, and the Albanian lineage, which descended from the Chinese lineage (Kamgang et al 2011, Žitko et al 2011, Ruiling et al 2018. Previous genetic studies suggest that the origin of the Greek lineage was an admixture between Central Italy and Albania lineages, and the origin of A. albopictus populations from the eastern Black Sea region originated in the north Italian lineage (Sherpa et al 2018).…”