Center for Vector Biology, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Pest Manag Sci. 2011 Aug;67(8):965-74. doi: 10.1002/ps.2140. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), the Asian tiger mosquito, is an introduced invasive species in the United States that is responsible for a significant proportion of service requests to local mosquito control programs. This container-utilizing mosquito is refractory to standard mosquito abatement measures in the United States. This study is part of a USDA-ARS project to develop an area-wide management strategy for Ae. albopictus. The goal was to identify three study sites, similar in socioeconomic parameters, geography and Ae. albopictus abundance, in urban and suburban areas in Mercer and Monmouth counties in New Jersey. Prior service requests and light trap counts and also detailed county maps were used to chose nine preliminary sites (four in Mercer and five in Monmouth) where weekly surveillance for Ae. albopictus was performed throughout the 2008 active season.
Although outliers were detected, socioeconomic variables in the study sites within each county were fairly consistent. Ae. albopictus abundance was associated with poverty levels and had the highest maxima in Mercer, although average mosquito abundance was similar in urban Mercer and suburban Monmouth.
Three study sites in each county were identified for future studies. The summer-long surveillance also revealed socioeconomic variables critical for the development of integrated mosquito management.
白纹伊蚊（Stegomyia）是一种入侵性物种，已引入美国，它是导致当地蚊虫控制项目接到大量服务请求的罪魁祸首之一。这种容器滋生的蚊子对美国的标准蚊虫防治措施具有很强的抵抗力。本研究是美国农业部农业研究局（USDA-ARS）开发白纹伊蚊全面管理策略项目的一部分。该项目的目标是在新泽西州的默瑟县和蒙茅斯县的城市和郊区地区确定三个在社会经济参数、地理位置和白纹伊蚊丰度方面相似的研究地点。先前的服务请求、诱蚊灯计数以及详细的县地图被用来选择 9 个初步地点（默瑟县 4 个，蒙茅斯县 5 个），在 2008 年活跃季节期间每周对白纹伊蚊进行监测。
尽管检测到了异常值，但每个县内研究地点的社会经济变量相当一致。白纹伊蚊的丰度与贫困水平有关，在默瑟县达到最高峰值，尽管默瑟市的城市和蒙茅斯县的郊区的平均蚊虫数量相似。
在每个县确定了三个研究地点，以供未来研究使用。整个夏季的监测还揭示了对综合蚊虫管理发展至关重要的社会经济变量。
