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ArticlePloS one2022

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in Kosovo: First record.

Nesade Muja-Bajraktari, Përparim Kadriaj, Ferdije Zhushi-Etemi, Kurtesh Sherifi, Bulent Alten, Dusan Petrić, Enkelejda Velo, Francis Schaffner

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Nesade Muja-BajraktariDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University" Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
Përparim KadriajDepartment of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania.
Ferdije Zhushi-EtemiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University" Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
Kurtesh SherifiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University" Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
Bulent AltenVERG Laboratories, Ecology Division, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Dusan PetrićLaboratory for Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Enkelejda VeloDepartment of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania.ORCID 0000-0001-7283-2541
Francis SchaffnerFrancis Schaffner Consultancy, Riehen, Switzerland.
University of Medicine Tirana · ALUniversity of Prishtina · XKHacettepe University · TRSchaffner (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Novi Sad · RSUniversity of Veterinary Medicine · HU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is an invasive mosquito species that is considered a potential vector of about 22 arboviruses, among which dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Here we report the first record of Aedes albopictus in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo. The first finding, in July 2020, was driven by a photo of an adult mosquito published by a citizen in social media. The subsequent field investigation in July 2020 confirmed the presence of adult mosquitoes by human landing catch and collection of eggs in ovitraps at the village Zhur. Monitoring was performed for 7 weeks with ovitraps and BG-Sentinel adult traps at 36 sampling stations from 7 localities, in the Southern part of Kosovo, on the border with Albania. Fifty-two out of 81 ovitrap samples resulted positive for the presence of Ae. albopictus. A total of 2,711 eggs are collected in 22 out 36 stations and a total of 78 adults from 4 out 4 stations with BG Sentinel trap and 15 adults with handled electric aspirator. Our finding shows that the tiger mosquito is expanding its geographical range in the Balkans, southeastern Europe.

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AedesChikungunya FeverZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAnimalsBalkan PeninsulaHumansIntroduced SpeciesKosovoMosquito Vectors

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