Tolerance thresholds for Aedes albopictus and Aedes caspius in Italian urban areas
| Autor: | Romeo Bellini, Stefano Maini, Simona Maccaferri, Lorenza Gallo, Giorgio Celli, Marco Carrieri |
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| Přispěvatelé: | CARRIERI M., BELLINI R., MACCAFERRI S., GALLO L., MAINI S., CELLI G. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Integrated pest management Aedes albopictus Adolescent Urban Population Decision Making Annoyance Insect Control Interviews as Topic Toxicology Aedes Abundance (ecology) parasitic diseases Animals Humans Cities Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aged Population Density biology fungi Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Italy Close relationship Public Opinion Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) Female Aedes caspius human activities Nuisance |
| Popis: | With nuisance mosquito species, the goal of integrated pest management is to keep mosquito density below a tolerance level that is often set by economic, ecological, and political factors. This study compares actual human annoyance, as measured by a phone survey, with several measures of mosquito abundance, in order to determine a threshold that is both relevant and practical. The efficiency of CO2-baited traps, container index (CI), and oviposition traps for monitoring Aedes albopictus, and CO2-baited traps for monitoring Aedes caspius, was evaluated. CO2-baited traps were confirmed to be of low efficiency in Ae. albopictus collection, while correlation matrices showed a good relationship between CI and the number of eggs collected (R = 0.91), and between number of eggs and phone-survey nuisance level estimates (R = 0.88). Correlation between CI and phone-survey nuisance levels was slightly lower (R = 0.78). We found a close relationship between the nuisance level declared by residents and mosquito captures obtained with CO2-baited traps (Ae. caspius) and ovitraps (Ae. albopictus). An equation is presented to estimate annoyance according to dwelling characteristics and to the presence of children in the family. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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