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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Population dynamics of pest mosquitoes and potential malaria and West Nile virus vectors in relation to climatic factors and human activities in the Camargue, France
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 21, No. 4, Year 2007
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The Camargue is an extensive wetland in the southeast of France, which is highly influenced by human activities. Large ponds, marshes and irrigated fields provide abundant potential breeding sites for mosquitoes. mosquitoes, which are important in terms of the nuisance they cause to people and animals, the limitations they impose on tourism and their potential threat to human health. Several of the mosquito species present are potential vectors of malaria and West Nile virus. Therefore, the population dynamics of these species were monitored over an entire breeding season during March-October 2005. Mosquito populations were sampled in two study areas once every 2 weeks, using CDC light traps baited with CO2. Sixteen species were collected. The majority (98.7%) of the catch were Aedes caspius (Pallas) (Diptera: Culicidae), Culex modestus (Ficalbi), Culex pipiens L. and Anopheles hyrcanus (Pallas). The population dynamics of these species varied considerably in relation to the species' biology, climatic conditions (rainfall, temperature and season), water management, implementation of mosquito control campaigns and landscape use. © 2007 The Royal Entomological Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ponçon, Nicolas
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Toty, Céline
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
L'Ambert, Grégory
France, Montpellier
Entente Interdépartementale Pour la Démoustication du Littoral Méditerranéen
Le Goff, Gilbert
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Brengues, Cécile
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Schaffner, Francis
France, Montpellier
Entente Interdépartementale Pour la Démoustication du Littoral Méditerranéen
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Fontenille, Didier
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00701.x
ISSN:
13652915
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study