Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma
Mosquitoes (<i>Culicidae</i>) are ubiquitous flying insects that function as vectors for several viruses that cause disease in humans. Mosquito abundance and diversity are influenced by landscape features and environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation and vary across sea...
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| author | David Hoekman Bailee Cummings Helen Arango Nicholas Back Randall Welles Noah Pelletier Katelyn Helwig Christian Escritt Kayla Thomas Hailie Fellers Callie Campbell Alyssa Wheeler Raul Iglesias Hayden Jacobs Macey Lively Caio Martinelle B. França |
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| description | Mosquitoes (<i>Culicidae</i>) are ubiquitous flying insects that function as vectors for several viruses that cause disease in humans. Mosquito abundance and diversity are influenced by landscape features and environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation and vary across seasons and years. The range and phenology of many mosquito species that vector viruses relevant to human health are changing. We sampled mosquito communities in central Oklahoma for four years at thirteen sites, collecting over 25,000 mosquitoes; among these, we identified 27 different species, including several that transmit human pathogens and were collected in suburban backyards. Community composition differed across the landscape and changed from early season to late season and year to year. This effort to describe mosquito communities in Oklahoma is a first step toward assessing and predicting arbovirus risk, an ongoing and dynamic public health challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b2ebfeb00874351b96f24de952e70752023-11-23T18:15:52ZengMDPI AGPathogens2076-08172022-09-01119100710.3390/pathogens11091007Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central OklahomaDavid Hoekman0Bailee Cummings1Helen Arango2Nicholas Back3Randall Welles4Noah Pelletier5Katelyn Helwig6Christian Escritt7Kayla Thomas8Hailie Fellers9Callie Campbell10Alyssa Wheeler11Raul Iglesias12Hayden Jacobs13Macey Lively14Caio Martinelle B. França15Department of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USADepartment of Biology, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK 73008, USAMosquitoes (<i>Culicidae</i>) are ubiquitous flying insects that function as vectors for several viruses that cause disease in humans. Mosquito abundance and diversity are influenced by landscape features and environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation and vary across seasons and years. The range and phenology of many mosquito species that vector viruses relevant to human health are changing. We sampled mosquito communities in central Oklahoma for four years at thirteen sites, collecting over 25,000 mosquitoes; among these, we identified 27 different species, including several that transmit human pathogens and were collected in suburban backyards. Community composition differed across the landscape and changed from early season to late season and year to year. This effort to describe mosquito communities in Oklahoma is a first step toward assessing and predicting arbovirus risk, an ongoing and dynamic public health challenge.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/9/1007<i>Aedes</i>CDC light trapcommunity composition<i>Culex</i>mosquitoOklahoma |
| spellingShingle | David Hoekman Bailee Cummings Helen Arango Nicholas Back Randall Welles Noah Pelletier Katelyn Helwig Christian Escritt Kayla Thomas Hailie Fellers Callie Campbell Alyssa Wheeler Raul Iglesias Hayden Jacobs Macey Lively Caio Martinelle B. França Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma Pathogens <i>Aedes</i> CDC light trap community composition <i>Culex</i> mosquito Oklahoma |
| title | Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma |
| title_full | Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma |
| title_fullStr | Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma |
| title_short | Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of the Mosquito Community in Central Oklahoma |
| title_sort | spatial and seasonal patterns of the mosquito community in central oklahoma |
| topic | <i>Aedes</i> CDC light trap community composition <i>Culex</i> mosquito Oklahoma |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/9/1007 |
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