Sitios de cría de Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) en el entorno doméstico en Jarabacoa, República Dominicana

Sosa, María A.; Fernández, Lorenzo Diéguez; Prada, Miguel Borge de; Bautista, Enmanue Vásquez; Alarcón-Elbal, Pedro María

doi:10.35249/rche.45.3.19.12

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“…Outdoor albopictus is adapted to the peri-domestic environment and is considered an exophilic species that most often rests outdoors on plant foliage and other vegetation (Samson et al 2013), which coincides with our results since immature Ae. albopictus were only found in outdoor containers, as also reported by Rodríguez-Sosa et al (2019a) in the Cibao region. Aedes albopictus shows an opportunistic feeding behavior on a wide range of hosts (Delatte et al 2010), in natural habitats and outdoor man-made containers (Rodríguez-Sosa et al 2019b).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…To our knowledge, this is the first entomological study based on the study of synanthropic mosquito breeding habitats that cover urban areas of the 3 macro-regions in the Dominican Republic. Similar house-to-house surveys of aedine breeding habitats have been carried out recently, although on a small geographic scale, specifically in Jarabacoa , Rodríguez-Sosa et al 2019a), the second-largest municipality in La Vega province.…”

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“…Although the interest in these mosquitoes has grown in recent times due to the impact of mosquitoborne diseases in the Caribbean, there is sparse up-todate information on mosquitoes in the Dominican Republic, except for several studies published recently in the Cibao region (Borge de Prada et al 2018;Diéguez Fernández et al 2019;González et al 2019;Rodríguez Sosa et al 2019a, 2019b. In this sense, a better knowledge of domestic breeding habitats occupied by mosquitoes would provide important epidemiological and anthropological information, with direct implications for health education, environmental awareness, and vector control.…”

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Breeding Sites of Synanthropic Mosquitoes in Zika-Affected Areas of the Dominican Republic

Alarcón-Elbal

Rodríguez-Sosa

Ruiz-Matuk

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health concern in the Caribbean. Domestic water-storage containers are preferred breeding habitats for synanthropic mosquito species, among which Aedes aegypti stands out due to its role in arbovirus transmission. To determine the microenvironmental features associated with container-dwelling mosquitoes, a house-to-house cross-sectional entomological survey was carried out in 9 Dominican provinces affected by Zika virus in 2016. All containers with the potential to store water were sampled, all immature mosquitoes were collected, and information on the type, capacity, volume of stored water, building material, presence of flowers, and house location was documented. The specimens were identified and larval indices (House index [HI], Container index [CI], Breteau index [BI], and Ae. aegypti Breeding Percentage) were applied. A total of 665 dwellings were surveyed across 30 neighborhoods. A total of 1,420 water-filled container habitats were sampled, 19.3% of which harbored immature mosquitoes of 5 species, including 4 important vectors. The dominance of Ae. aegypti was marked, as it was present in all sampled neighborhoods, inhabiting 272 containers (19.1%). Larval indices were higher than the threshold values accepted (5% for the HI and BI, and 3% for the CI) in almost all neighborhoods. The presence of Aedes spp. was associated with the serviceability of water-holding containers (χ2 = 16.56522; P < 0.001), and the difference in volume between water-holding containers was associated with the presence of Aedes spp. infection (χ2 = 4; P < 0.001), the containers up to 5 liters being the most infested. This is the first entomological research based on synanthropic mosquito breeding habitats that cover urban areas of the 3 macro-regions of the Dominican Republic.

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Breeding Sites of Synanthropic Mosquitoes in Zika-Affected Areas of the Dominican Republic

Alarcón-Elbal

Rodríguez-Sosa

Ruiz-Matuk

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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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“…and Culex spp. both in domestic and public environments 11 , 13 . In this regard, Culex , mainly C. quinquefasciatus , is frequently reported as a common tire-breeding mosquito in different countries of the Caribbean and Latin America 27 , 33 .…”

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“… 12 , showed that the accumulation of waste in public spaces allows the proliferation of mosquitoes of public health importance and Rodríguez-Sosa, et al . 13 , also observed this problem in the domestic environment. On the other hand, González, et al .…”

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A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue

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Introduction: Discarded vehicle tires represent a serious threat both to the environment and to public health as they have the potential to harbor important mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors.Objective: To assess the importance of used vehicle tires as larval habitats for mosquito fauna that colonize these artificial reservoirs in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic.Materials and methods: Used tires were sampled with pipettes at specialized tire fitting shops and scattered stockpiles of tires between June and August, 2018.Results: We sampled 396 tires; 57 (Container Index=14.4%) were positive for immature stages and contained 2,400 specimens, 11 species, and four genera (Anopheles, Aedes, Culex, and Toxorhynchites). The most abundant species was Aedes albopictus (42.3%) followed by Aedes aegypti (34.3%), and Culex quinquefasciatus (14.0%) while other species (9.4%) were less abundant. The container index varied significantly among the different tire sizes (χ2=13.4; p≤0.05). The highest infestation levels were found in the largest tires. A low positive correlation (r=0.38, n=396; p≤0.001) between the tire size and the prevalence of immature stages was recorded. The presence of organic matter had an overall positive effect on the infestation levels (U=11,430.0; p≤0.001).Conclusions: These rubber residues, usually located nearby human populations, represent suitable breeding sites for arboviruses vectors such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and West Nile.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of adults and children towards the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in a recently invaded municipality of Valencia, Spain

Alarcón-Elbal,

López-de-Felipe,

Gil-Torró

et al. 2024

Int J Trop Insect Sci

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Sitios de cría de Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) en el entorno doméstico en Jarabacoa, República Dominicana

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Breeding Sites of Synanthropic Mosquitoes in Zika-Affected Areas of the Dominican Republic

Breeding Sites of Synanthropic Mosquitoes in Zika-Affected Areas of the Dominican Republic

A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of adults and children towards the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in a recently invaded municipality of Valencia, Spain

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