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First Report ofAedes vittatusin Islamabad, Pakistan

Published:2022-07-15 Issue:3 Volume:38 Page:219-220
ISSN:1943-6270
Container-title:Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
language:en
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Author:

Jabeen Aliya¹,Ansari Jamil A¹,Ikram Aamer¹,Khan Mumtaz Ali¹

Affiliation:

1. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

ABSTRACTAedes vittatus is distributed throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe and can transmit dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika viruses. Like other Aedes species, larvae develop in both natural and artificial containers in urban, suburban, and rural areas. In September 2021, an entomological survey was conducted at the National Institute of Health of Pakistan (NIH) and adjacent housing within the NIH colony. All containers with water were examined for Aedes mosquitoes at 150 locations, including residential properties, a plant nursery, junkyards, and recreational parks and playgrounds. A total of 103 larvae, 37 pupae, 5 female and 2 male Ae. vittatus were collected from a fountain. This was the first detection of Ae. vittatus in urban Islamabad. Additional vector surveillance is needed to better understand the geographical distribution, ecology, and behavior of this invasive species and to understand its possible role in the transmission of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Pakistan.

Publisher

American Mosquito Control Association

Subject

Insect Science,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://meridian.allenpress.com/jamca/article-pdf/38/3/219/3115656/i1943-6270-38-3-219.pdf

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