Invasive Process and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys of the Mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus Establishment in Belgium

Damiens, David; Ayrinhac, A.; Bortel, Wim Van; Versteirt, Veerle; Dekoninck, Wouter; Hance, Thierry

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“…By contrast, its autonomous dispersal capabilities appear localized and limited as evidenced by its failure to expand in Belgium (Damiens et al . ). We propose that a pattern of human‐enabled secondary expansion even over short distances may be a common thread in successful mosquito invasions.…”

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“…j. japonicus has been able to achieve a rapid and extensive secondary expansion primarily through exploitation of human-assisted transportation across multiple spatial scales, both within and across states. By contrast, its autonomous dispersal capabilities appear localized and limited as evidenced by its failure to expand in Belgium (Damiens et al 2014). We propose that a pattern of human-enabled secondary expansion even over short distances may be a common thread in successful mosquito invasions.…”

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“…A closely monitored population of Ae. j. japonicus that established in Belgium in 2002 was unable to expand beyond one tire recycling centre in over 10 years (Damiens et al 2014). While the presence of compressed edges in the Appalachian region indicates the mountains are acting as a barrier to gene flow, they may be primarily because they act as barriers to human vehicular traffic.…”

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The hitchhiker's guide to becoming invasive: exotic mosquitoes spread across a US state by human transport not autonomous flight

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Not all exotic species establish and expand aggressively (i.e. become invasive). As potential vectors of disease agents, invasive mosquitoes can have considerable impact on public health, livestock and wildlife; therefore, understanding the species characteristics and ecological circumstances promoting their invasiveness is important. The mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus, originally from north-east Asia, was introduced at least two separate times to the north-eastern USA, as surmised from the initial existence of two populations with distinct nuclear and mitochondrial genetic signatures that later intermixed. Since these original introductions in the late 1990s, Ae. j. japonicus has expanded across 31 US states, two Canadian provinces and five European countries. Although some of the expanded range was due to other independent introductions, to understand what drove the postintroduction expansion of Ae. j. japonicus within the north-eastern USA, we performed a high-resolution landscape genetic analysis of 461 specimens collected across Virginia, a state south of the original introductions. All specimens were genotyped at seven pre-optimized microsatellite loci, and a subsample was sequenced at one mitochondrial locus. We concluded that throughout Virginia this species has primarily expanded in association with humans: genetic distance and distance along roads remained correlated after controlling for geographic distance, and proximity to I-95, a major interstate highway, strongly predicted nuclear ancestry. In contrast, there was very limited evidence of diffusion even at distances potentially suitable for autonomous mosquito flight. This implies that its association with humans (rather than innate species characteristics) is the single most important determinant of invasiveness in this mosquito.

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“…With this in mind, the current CHIKV outbreak in the Caribbean is of concern as it adds an additional possible source of introduction of CHIKV into the Northern hemisphere overlapping with the distribution of the competent mosquito vectors, Ae. albopictus and Aedes aegypti in Europe (ECDC, 2014b;Van Bortel et al, 2014). Further, the Caribbean and Central America are popular travel destinations for EU residents and increased travel can be expected.…”

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An entomological review of invasive mosquitoes in Europe

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Among the invasive mosquitoes registered all over the world, Aedes species are particularly frequent and important. As several of them are potential vectors of disease, they present significant health concerns for 21st century Europe. Five species have established in mainland Europe, with two (Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus) becoming widespread and two (Ae. albopictus and Aedes aegypti) implicated in disease transmission to humans in Europe. The routes of importation and spread are often enigmatic, the ability to adapt to local environments and climates are rapid, and the biting nuisance and vector potential are both an ecomonic and public health concern. Europeans are used to cases of dengue and chikungunya in travellers returning from the tropics, but the threat to health and tourism in mainland Europe is substantive. Coupled to that are the emerging issues in the European overseas territorities and this paper is the first to consider the impacts in the remoter outposts of Europe. If entomologists and public health authorities are to address the spread of these mosquitoes and mitigate their health risks they must first be prepared to share information to better understand their biology and ecology, and share data on their distribution and control successes. This paper focusses in greater detail on the entomological and ecological aspects of these mosquitoes to assist with the risk assessment process, bringing together a large amount of information gathered through the ECDC VBORNET project.

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“…geniculatus (Becker et al 2011) occasionally lays its eggs in the same water sources as Ae. j. japonicus (Damiens et al 2014;Seidel et al 2016).…”

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Can data from native mosquitoes support determining invasive species habitats? Modelling the climatic niche of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Germany

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Invasive mosquito species and the pathogens they transmit represent a serious health risk to both humans and animals. Thus, predictions on their potential geographic distribution are urgently needed. In the case of a recently invaded region, only a small number of occurrence data is typically available for analysis, and absence data are not reliable. To overcome this problem, we have tested whether it is possible to determine the climatic ecological niche of an invasive mosquito species by using both the occurrence data of other, native species and machine learning. The approach is based on a support vector machine and in this scenario applied to the Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus japonicus) in Germany. Presence data for this species (recorded in the Germany since 2008) as well as for three native mosquito species were used to model the potential distribution of the invasive species. We trained the model with data collected from 2011 to 2014 and compared our predicted occurrence probabilities for 2015 with observations found in the field throughout 2015 to evaluate our approach. The prediction map showed a high degree of concordance with the field data. We applied the model to medium climate conditions at an early stage of the invasion (2011-2015), and developed an explanation for declining population densities in an area in northern Germany. In addition to the already known distribution areas, our model also indicates a possible spread to Saarland, southwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and in 2015 to southern Bavaria, where the species is now being increasingly detected. However, there is also evidence that the possible distribution area under the mean climate conditions was underestimated.

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Invasive Process and Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys of the Mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus Establishment in Belgium

Cited by 27 publications

References 26 publications

The hitchhiker's guide to becoming invasive: exotic mosquitoes spread across a US state by human transport not autonomous flight

The hitchhiker's guide to becoming invasive: exotic mosquitoes spread across a US state by human transport not autonomous flight

An entomological review of invasive mosquitoes in Europe

Can data from native mosquitoes support determining invasive species habitats? Modelling the climatic niche of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Germany

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