title: Area-wide management of Aedes albopictus. Part 2: gauging the efficacy of traditional integrated pest control measures against urban container mosquitoes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) is an important disease vector and biting nuisance. During the 2009 active season, six ∼1000-parcel sites were studied, three in urban and three in suburban areas of New Jersey, United States, to examine the efficacy of standard integrated urban mosquito control strategies applied area wide. Active source reduction, larviciding, adulticiding and public education (source reduction through education) were implemented in one site in each county, an education-only approach was developed in a second site and a third site was used as an untreated experimental control. Populations were surveyed weekly with BG-Sentinel traps and ovitraps.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A substantial reduction in Ae. albopictus populations was achieved in urban sites, but only modest reductions in suburban sites. Education alone achieved significant reductions in urban adult Ae. albopictus. Egg catches echoed adult catches only in suburban sites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are significant socioeconomic and climatic differences between urban and suburban sites that impact upon Ae. albopictus populations and the efficacy of the control methods tested. An integrated pest management approach can affect abundances, but labor-intensive, costly source reduction was not enough to maintain Ae. albopictus counts below a nuisance threshold. Nighttime adult population suppression using truck-mounted adulticides can be effective. Area-wide cost-effective strategies are necessary.
authors: Center for Vector Biology, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors: Dina M
authors: DM
authors: Fonseca
authors: Isik
authors: I
authors: Unlu
authors: Taryn
authors: T
authors: Crepeau
authors: Ary
authors: A
authors: Farajollahi
authors: Sean P
authors: SP
authors: Healy
authors: Kristen
authors: K
authors: Bartlett-Healy
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Strickman
authors: Randy
authors: R
authors: Gaugler
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Hamilton
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Kline
authors: Gary G
authors: GG
authors: Clark
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D012098:Reproduction; D014481:United States; D014506:Urban Renewal
keywords: BG-Sentinel traps; New Jersey; adulticides; door-to-door source reduction; education; integrated mosquito management; larvicides; ovitraps