title: Comparison of Mosquito Magnet and Biogents Sentinel Traps for Operational Surveillance of Container-Inhabiting Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Species.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Suffolk County Vector Control, 335 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, NY 11980 (ilia.rochlin@suffolkcountyny.gov; malgorzata.kawalkowski@suffolkcountyny.gov; dominick.ninivaggi@suffolkcountyny.gov), Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, 180 Jones Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and ilia.rochlin@suffolkcountyny.gov.
authors.forename: Ilia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rochlin
authors.affiliation: Suffolk County Vector Control, 335 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, NY 11980 (ilia.rochlin@suffolkcountyny.gov; malgorzata.kawalkowski@suffolkcountyny.gov; dominick.ninivaggi@suffolkcountyny.gov).
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawalkowski
authors.affiliation: Suffolk County Vector Control, 335 Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, NY 11980 (ilia.rochlin@suffolkcountyny.gov; malgorzata.kawalkowski@suffolkcountyny.gov; dominick.ninivaggi@suffolkcountyny.gov).
authors.forename: Dominick V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Ninivaggi
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Aedes albopictus; Aedes japonicus; Chikungunya; Dengue; West Nile virus