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Seasonal prevalence of mosquitoes collected from light traps with notes on malaria in the Republic of Korea, 2004
Author(s) -
KIM Heung Chul,
CHONG Sung Tae,
COLLIER Brett W.,
LEE HeeChoon,
KLEIN Terry A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2007.00110.x
Subject(s) - aedes vexans , biology , anopheles , malaria , veterinary medicine , culex tritaeniorhynchus , anopheles sinensis , theobald , culex , aedes , culex pipiens , ecology , mosquito control , larva , virology , japanese encephalitis , medicine , encephalitis , virus , immunology
Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted during 2004 at 29 US military installations and training sites located in six provinces in the Republic of Korea. Adult mosquitoes were collected in New Jersey light traps and Magnet traps from 1 May through 15 October to determine threshold levels to initiate pesticide applications and to identify malaria infection rates at selected army installations and training sites. A total of 89 206 adults (78 454 [87.9%] females and 10 752 [12.1%] males) comprising 20 species (including five members of the Anopheles Hyrcanus Group) and belonging to seven genera were collected. The most common species collected were members of Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (49.4%) and Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann complex (39.1%), followed by Culex pipiens Coquillett (6.1%) and Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (4.2%). Trap indices varied widely for species over their range, due in part to geographical distribution and degree of association with urban communities.