National Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Survey in The Netherlands 2010-2013.
From 2010 onwards, a nationwide mosquito monitoring scheme has been conducted in The Netherlands with the aim of gaining crucial information about mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) species composition, geographical distributions, biodiversity, and habitat preferences. The results of this study are based on 778 randomly sampled mosquito locations. These are divided into three main habitat types: urban, rural-agricultural, and natural areas. Twenty-seven mosquito species were found: 26 indigenous and 1 exotic, Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901). The preliminary results are presented here, with details of their species distribution and seasonality. Monitoring the temporal and spatial distribution of mosquitoes is an essential step in the risk analysis of emerging mosquito-borne diseases.
Corresponding author, e-mail: a.ibanezjusticia@nvwa.nl.
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Centre for Monitoring of Vectors (CMV), Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Ministry of Economic Affairs, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.Corresponding author, e-mail: a.ibanezjusticia@nvwa.nl.
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Centre for Monitoring of Vectors (CMV), Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Ministry of Economic Affairs, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.Corresponding author, e-mail: a.ibanezjusticia@nvwa.nl.
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Centre for Monitoring of Vectors (CMV), Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Ministry of Economic Affairs, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.Corresponding author, e-mail: a.ibanezjusticia@nvwa.nl.
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Beeuwkes
Centre for Monitoring of Vectors (CMV), Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Ministry of Economic Affairs, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.Corresponding author, e-mail: a.ibanezjusticia@nvwa.nl.
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D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D009033:Culicidae; D005260:Female; D009426:Netherlands
The Netherlands; monitoring; mosquito; nationwide; vector