title: Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Habitat Surveillance by Android Mobile Devices in Guangzhou, China.
abstract: In 2014, Guangzhou City, South China, suffered from its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades. Larval mosquito habitat surveillance was carried out by using android mobile devices in four study sites in May 2015. The habitats with larval mosquitoes were recorded as photo waypoints in OruxMaps or in videos. The total number of potential mosquito habitats was 342, of which 166 (49%) were found to have mosquito larvae or pupae. Small containers were the most abundant potential habitats, accounting for 26% of the total number. More mosquito larvae and pupae, were found in small containers than in other objects holding water, for example, potted or hydroponic plants (p< 0.05). Mosquito larvae were collected from all plastic road barriers, used tires, and underground water.Aedes albopictuslarvae were found from small and large containers, stumps, among others. The overall route index (RI) was 11.3, which was 14.2 times higher than the grade C criteria of the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee (NPHCC), China. The higher RIs were found from the bird and flower markets, schools, and underground parking lots. The results indicated that Android mobile devices are a convenient and useful tool for surveillance of mosquito habitats, and the enhancement of source reduction may benefit the prevention and control of dengue vector mosquitoes.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention & Control, Disinfection and Vector Control Section, Wuhan 430015, China. celerwu@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Tai-Ping
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention & Control, Disinfection and Vector Control Section, Wuhan 430015, China. tianjunhua1980@163.com.
authors.forename: Jun-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County, 120 EOC Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32092, USA. xueamcd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rui-De
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Fujian International Travel Healthcare Center, Fuzhou 350001, China. Anew627@163.com.
authors.forename: Yi-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. zhengaihua@ioz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Ai-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zheng
keywords: Aedes albopictus; OruxMaps; android mobile device; mosquito habitat; mosquito surveillance