Environmental Determinants of Aedes albopictus Abundance at a Northern Limit of Its Range in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Aedes albopictus is a vector of arboviruses with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The northern limit of Ae. albopictus in the northeastern United States runs through New York state (NYS) and Connecticut. We present a landscape-level analysis of mosquito abundance measured by daily counts of Ae. albopictus from 338 trap sites in 12 counties during May-September 2017. During the study period, the mean number of Ae. albopictus caught per day of trapping across all sites was 3.21. We constructed four sets of negative binomial generalized linear models to evaluate how trapping methodology, land cover, as well as temperature and precipitation at multiple time intervals influenced Ae. albopictus abundance. Biogents-Sentinel (BGS) traps were 2.78 times as e

SUBMITTER: Kache PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008348 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature