Rochlin Ilia, Kawalkowski Margaret, Ninivaggi Dominick V
Suffolk County Vector Control, 335 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, NY 11980 (
J Med Entomol. 2016 Mar;53(2):454-9. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv171. Epub 2015 Oct 31.
Container-inhabiting Aedes are among the most medically important mosquito vectors of diseases. They also impact health and quality of life by their persistent and severe biting. Monitoring of container-inhabiting Aedes species is challenging due to the need for specialized traps and lures. Biogents Sentinel (BGS) trap has become a standard for Aedes albopictus (Skuse) surveillance; however, it has substantial problems with durability, quality of construction, and sample exposure to the elements. The goal of this study was to develop a methodology for collecting medically important container-inhabiting Aedes species in numbers sufficient for population trend analysis, control efficacy studies, and pathogen testing. Mosquito Magnets (MM) baited with BG lure and R-octenol were selected as the most practical alternative to BGS, collecting significantly more Ae. albopictus (32.1 ± 0.7 vs. 5.6 ± 0.1), Aedes japonicus (Theobald) (10.1 ± 0.4 vs. 1.2 ± 0.02), and Aedes triseriatus (Say) (0.9 ± 0.04 vs. 0.04 ± 0.004) females on average per trapping under a variety of weather conditions. MM can be particularly useful for long-term surveillance or when large numbers of specimens are required for pathogen isolation, such as at the sites with suspected dengue or chikungunya transmission.
栖息于容器的伊蚊是疾病最重要的医学媒介蚊种之一。它们持续且剧烈的叮咬也会影响健康和生活质量。由于需要专门的诱捕器和诱饵，对栖息于容器的伊蚊种类进行监测具有挑战性。Biogents Sentinel（BGS）诱捕器已成为白纹伊蚊（Skuse）监测的标准；然而，它在耐用性、构造质量以及样本暴露于环境因素方面存在重大问题。本研究的目标是开发一种方法，以收集数量足以进行种群趋势分析、控制效果研究和病原体检测的具有医学重要性的栖息于容器的伊蚊种类。用BG诱饵和R-辛烯醇诱饵的Mosquito Magnets（MM）诱捕器被选为BGS诱捕器最实用的替代品，在各种天气条件下，平均每次诱捕收集到的白纹伊蚊雌蚊显著更多（32.1±0.7只对5.6±0.1只）、日本伊蚊（Theobald）（10.1±0.4只对1.2±0.02只）和三带喙库蚊（Say）（0.9±0.04只对0.04±0.004只）。MM诱捕器对于长期监测或在需要大量标本进行病原体分离时特别有用，例如在疑似登革热或基孔肯雅热传播的地点。
