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1 September 2009 Ecological Study of Avian Malaria Vectors on the Island of Minami-Daito, Japan
Yoshio Tsuda, Shin Matsui, Atsushi Saito, Kana Akatani, Yukita Sato, Masaoki Takagi, Koichi Murata
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Abstract

The seasonal prevalence and spatial distribution of mosquitoes were examined as part of an avian malaria study on the oceanic island of Minami-Daito Island, Japan. Because dry ice was not available in this study, yeast-generated CO2 was used to attract biting mosquitoes. Adult mosquitoes were collected biweekly using battery-operated traps enhanced with yeast-generated CO2 and a gravid trap from March 2006 to February 2007. The CO2-baited traps were distributed in 4 different habitats: sugar cane field, forest and vegetation ring, residential area, and swamp area. At 3 collection sites beside sugar cane fields, traps were fixed at 2 different heights (3 and 6 m above the ground). A total of 1,437 mosquitoes of the following 9 species were collected: Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes albopictus, Coquillettidia sp., Mansonia uniformis, Culex rubithoracis, Armigeres subalbatus, Lutzia fuscanus, Aedes daitensis, and Aedes togoi. Among them, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Ae. albopictus, and Coquillettidia sp. were dominant. The high density and wide distribution of Cx. quinquefasciatus throughout the island suggested the importance of this species as a principal vector of avian malaria on the island.

Yoshio Tsuda, Shin Matsui, Atsushi Saito, Kana Akatani, Yukita Sato, Masaoki Takagi, and Koichi Murata "Ecological Study of Avian Malaria Vectors on the Island of Minami-Daito, Japan," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 25(3), 279-284, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.2987/08-5841.1
Published: 1 September 2009
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KEYWORDS
avian malaria
Minami-daito Island
mosquito
yeast-generated CO2
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