albopictus in northeastern USA based on known geographic locations at the present and future climate projections until 2099, and (b) to discuss the implications for local public health and vector control professionals as Ae.
Grelloni V, Biasini G. (2002) Detection of Aedes
albopictus in the province of Perugia (Umbria).
albopictus in Panama is very related to European populations, this could have implications for the introduction of emergent arboviruses like chikungunya and Zika from Europe into Panama.
albopictus in the United States and delineate areas with risk for the transmission of these introduced arboviruses,» the authors wrote.
Not exact matches
Male Aedes
albopictus mosquitoes are seen
in this picture.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved using a strain of male Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes
albopictus) as a biopesticide
in the District of Columbia and 20 states, including California and New York.
Already today, the secondary dengue mosquito, Aedes
albopictus, has established
in the Mediterranean region.
In the early 1980s, Aedes albopictus, a mosquito species native to Southeast Asia that spreads dengue fever and yellow fever, turned up deep in the American Sout
In the early 1980s, Aedes
albopictus, a mosquito species native to Southeast Asia that spreads dengue fever and yellow fever, turned up deep
in the American Sout
in the American South.
The Zika virus rampaged through the Americas
in 2015 and 2016, charging out of Brazil and into neighboring countries inside the Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus mosquitoes.
And some parts of the U.S. are vulnerable to outbreaks: The Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus mosquitoes that spread the infection are alive and well
in many Southern states.
albopictus version of HP - I activates a receptor
in Ae.
«Our results mean that Aedes
albopictus may have a role
in Zika virus transmission and should be of concern to public health,» Smartt says.
In the United States, A.
albopictus has a greater range than A. aegypti.
albopictus mosquitoes that hatched tested positive for Zika RNA (ribonucleic acid), meaning that females collected
in the field had encountered Zika and passed fragments of the virus to their offspring.
«Anywhere with these vectors — Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and to some degree Aedes
albopictus — could get this virus and have local transmission,» says Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist and expert
in mosquito - borne diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The research does not conclude that the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes
albopictus) can transmit Zika to humans, but it highlights the need for deeper research into additional potential vectors for the virus that has rapidly spread through the Americas since its initial outbreak
in 2015, says Chelsea Smartt, Ph.D., associate professor at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory at the University of Florida and lead author on the study to be published this week
in the Entomological Society of America's Journal of Medical Entomology.
The mosquitoes known as Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus transmit arboviruses that are increasing threats to human health
in the Americas, particularly dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses.
Aedes
albopictus is one of two mosquito species that transmit chikungunya virus, recently reported
in the United States.
albopictus blood meals and were the second most common host
in Culex samples, behind birds.
Aedes
albopictus adults were collected
in three states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York) covering most of the known geographic range of this species
in northeastern USA.
Zika virus infection has spread to more than 45 countries
in the Americas and 3 US territories, and, most recently, local transmission was confirmed
in the continental United States
in the state of Florida.11 Mosquito - borne transmission of ZIKV
in other areas of the United States is possible based on the estimated range of its vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus).12 Recognition of the CZS phenotype by pediatric clinicians will help ensure appropriate and timely evaluation and follow - up of affected infants.
It and Aedes
albopictus are both
in the same sub-genus and are capable of transmitting several of the same viruses.
Research
in the Armbruster laboratory is focused on understanding the genetic basis of ecological adaptation
in Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes
albopictus.
albopictus populations
in the eastern United States.
albopictus populations
in New Jersey where winter temperature explained about 99 % of the variability
in the adult production [21].
albopictus reaches the highest densities
in urbanized environments
in northeastern USA [21].
albopictus eggs to survive extreme cold temperatures
in the winter.
albopictus abundance and distribution
in northeastern USA and other areas close to its northernmost boundary distribution [21], [23].
albopictus presence probability peaking at 70 to 90 mm range and then declining again likely due to extreme cold conditions
in the areas with heavy snowfall.
albopictus» niche shifted
in the invaded regions making predictions employing the original range less accurate [24].
albopictus reaches its northernmost boundary
in the northeastern USA with established populations
in parts of New Jersey, southern New York (Long Island), and Pennsylvania (Figure 1).
Rochlin, I., D. V. Ninivaggi, M. L. Hutchinson, and A. Farajollahi, 2013: Climate change and range expansion of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes
albopictus)
in northeastern USA: Implications for public health practitioners.
In the Top 100 of invasive species, a multi-infective, resilient Asian mosquito (Aedes
albopictus, as opposed to the malaria mosquito, Aedes aegypti) seems likely to spread even further than it has already.
Currently, both species of mosquito that transmit dengue (Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus) live
in Florida, but the last time there was a significant outbreak of the disease was
in the mid-1930s.