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Examining Wing Length–Abundance Relationships and Pyrethroid Resistance Mutations among Aedes albopictus in a Rapidly Growing Urban Area with Implications for Mosquito Surveillance and Control

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  • Stephanie J. Mundis

    (Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

  • Gabriela Hamerlinck

    (Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

  • Emily K. Stone

    (Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA)

  • Ari Whiteman

    (Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA)

  • Eric Delmelle

    (Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA)

  • Tyler Rapp

    (Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA)

  • Michael Dulin

    (Academy Population Health Initiative, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA)

  • Sadie J. Ryan

    (Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation Lab, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa)

Abstract

Aedes albopictus is a cosmopolitan mosquito species capable of transmitting arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. To control this and similar species, public and private entities often rely on pyrethroid insecticides. In this study, we screened Ae. albopictus collected from June to August 2017 in Mecklenburg County, a rapidly growing urban area of North Carolina, for mutations conferring pyrethroid resistance and examined spatiotemporal patterns of specimen size as measured by wing length, hypothesizing that size variation could be closely linked to local abundance, making this easily measured trait a useful surveillance proxy. The genetic screening results indicated that pyrethroid resistance alleles are not present in this population, meaning that this population is likely to be susceptible to this commonly used insecticide class. We detected no significant associations between size and abundance-related factors, indicating that wing-size is not a useful proxy for abundance, and thus not useful to surveillance in this capacity. However, mosquitoes collected in June were significantly larger than July or August, which may result from meteorological conditions, suggesting that short-term weather cues may modulate morphological traits, which could then affect local fecundity and virus transmission dynamics, as previously reported.

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  • Stephanie J. Mundis & Gabriela Hamerlinck & Emily K. Stone & Ari Whiteman & Eric Delmelle & Tyler Rapp & Michael Dulin & Sadie J. Ryan, 2021. "Examining Wing Length–Abundance Relationships and Pyrethroid Resistance Mutations among Aedes albopictus in a Rapidly Growing Urban Area with Implications for Mosquito Surveillance and Control," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-12, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:18:p:9443-:d:630709
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    2. Ari Whiteman & Eric Delmelle & Tyler Rapp & Shi Chen & Gang Chen & Michael Dulin, 2018. "A Novel Sampling Method to Measure Socioeconomic Drivers of Aedes albopictus Distribution in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-19, October.
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