ArticleJournal of medical entomology2018
Land Use and Larval Habitat Increase Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Abundance in Lowland Hawaii.
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- Role of vector phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission as illustrated by the spread of dengue virus by Aedes albopictus.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Environmental and geographical factors influence the occurrence and abundance of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, in Hawai'i.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Climate variability and Aedes vector indices in the southern Philippines: An empirical analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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- Evaluating Potential Mosquito Breeding Sites on a University Campus.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2020Article
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- Environmental Determinants ofThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Semi-field life-table studies of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Guangzhou, China.PloS one · 2020Article
- Parasites and wildlife in a changing world: The vector-host- pathogen interaction as a learning case.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2019Review
- Microclimate and Larval Habitat Density Predict AdultThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
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Abstract
Vector abundance plays a key role in transmission of mosquito-borne disease. In Hawaii, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito, has been implicated in locally-transmitted dengue outbreaks, while Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae), the southern house mosquito, is the primary vector of avian malaria, a wildlife disease that has contributed to declines and extinctions of native Hawaiian birds. Despite the importance of these introduced species to human and wildlife health, little is known about the local-scale drivers that shape mosquito abundance across lowland Hawaii, where forest, agricultural, and residential land uses are prevalent. We examined landscape, larval habitat, and climate drivers of Ae. albopictus and Cx. quinquefasciatus abundance in eight lowland wet forest fragments on the Big Island of Hawaii. We found that the abundance of both species increased with the proportion of surrounding developed land and the availability of larval habitat, which were themselves correlated. Our findings suggest that conversion of natural habitats to residential and agricultural land increases mosquito larval habitats, increasing the abundance of Ae. albopictus and Cx. quinquefasciatus and increasing disease risk to humans and wildlife in Hawaii. Our results further indicate that while source reduction of artificial larval habitats-particularly moderately-sized human-made habitats including abandoned cars and tires-could reduce mosquito abundance, eliminating larval habitat will be challenging because both species utilize both natural and human-made larval habitats in lowland Hawaii.
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