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19 January 2023 Field Evaluation of In2Care Mosquito Traps to Control Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hawai'i Island
Katherine K. Brisco, Christopher M. Jacobsen, Sangwoo Seok, Xiaodi Wang, Yoosook Lee, Omar S. Akbari, Anthony J. Cornel
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Abstract

Aedes aegypti Linnaeus and Aedes albopictus Skuse are vectors of dengue virus and responsible for multiple autochthonous dengue outbreaks in Big Island, Hawai'i. Control of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus has been achieved in In2Care trap trials, which motivated us to investigate this potential control approach in the Big Island. Our In2Care trial was performed in the coastal settlement of Miloli'i in the southwest of Big Island where both Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus are found. This trial starting in the second week of July and ending in the last week of October 2019 fell within the traditional wet season in Miloli'i. No significant reduction in egg or adult counts in our treatment areas following 12 wk of two In2Care trap placements per participating household were observed. In fact, an increase in numbers of adults during the trial reached levels that required the local mosquito abatement program to stop the In2Care trap trial and institute a thorough source reduction and treatment campaign. The source reduction campaign revealed a large variety and quantity of water sources competed with the oviposition cups we had placed, which likely lowered the chances of our oviposition cups being visited by pyriproxyfen-contaminated Aedes adults exiting the In2Care traps.

Katherine K. Brisco, Christopher M. Jacobsen, Sangwoo Seok, Xiaodi Wang, Yoosook Lee, Omar S. Akbari, and Anthony J. Cornel "Field Evaluation of In2Care Mosquito Traps to Control Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hawai'i Island," Journal of Medical Entomology 60(2), 364-372, (19 January 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad005
Received: 9 September 2022; Accepted: 21 December 2022; Published: 19 January 2023
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
control
Hawai'i
In2Care
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