Modeling dynamics of culex pipiens complex populations and assessing abatement strategies for West Nile Virus.

ABSTRACT: The primary mosquito species associated with underground stormwater systems in the United States are the Culex pipiens complex species. This group represents important vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) throughout regions of the continental U.S. In this study, we designed a mathematical model and compared it with surveillance data for the Cx. pipiens complex collected in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Based on the best fit of the model to the data, we estimated parameters associated with the effectiveness of public health insecticide (adulticide) treatments (primarily pyrethrin products) as well as the birth, maturation, and death rates of immature and adult Cx. pipiens complex mosquitoes. We used these estimates for modeling the spread of WNV to obtain more reliable disease outbreak predi

SUBMITTER: Pawelek KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4182476 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature