A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue
Introduction: Discarded vehicle tires represent a serious threat both to the environment and to public health as they have the potential to harbor important mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors. Objective: To assess the importance of used vehicle tires as larval habitats for mosquito fauna that col...
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| author | Mikel A. González María Altagracia Rodríguez-Sosa Yohan Enmanuel Vásquez-Bautista Elizabeth del Carmen Rosario Jesús Confesor Durán-Tiburcio Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal |
| author_facet | Mikel A. González María Altagracia Rodríguez-Sosa Yohan Enmanuel Vásquez-Bautista Elizabeth del Carmen Rosario Jesús Confesor Durán-Tiburcio Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal |
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| description | Introduction: Discarded vehicle tires represent a serious threat both to the environment and to public health as they have the potential to harbor important mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors.
Objective: To assess the importance of used vehicle tires as larval habitats for mosquito fauna that colonize these artificial reservoirs in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic.
Materials and methods: Used tires were sampled with pipettes at specialized tire fitting shops and scattered stockpiles of tires between June and August, 2018.
Results: We sampled 396 tires; 57 (Container Index=14.4%) were positive for immature stages and contained 2,400 specimens, 11 species, and four genera (Anopheles, Aedes, Culex, and Toxorhynchites). The most abundant species was Aedes albopictus (42.3%) followed by Aedes aegypti (34.3%), and Culex quinquefasciatus (14.0%) while other species (9.4%) were less abundant. The container index varied significantly among the different tire sizes (χ2=13.4; p≤0.05). The highest infestation levels were found in the largest tires. A low positive correlation (r=0.38, n=396; p≤0.001) between the tire size and the prevalence of immature stages was recorded. The presence of organic matter had an overall positive effect on the infestation levels (U=11,430.0; p≤0.001).
Conclusions: These rubber residues, usually located nearby human populations, represent suitable breeding sites for arboviruses vectors such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and West Nile. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c41c2c40a8f546d98be76e80da74add12022-12-22T01:31:30ZengInstituto Nacional de SaludBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud0120-41572020-09-0140350751510.7705/biomedica.52005200A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issueMikel A. González0María Altagracia Rodríguez-Sosa1Yohan Enmanuel Vásquez-Bautista2Elizabeth del Carmen Rosario3Jesús Confesor Durán-Tiburcio4Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal5Departamento de Sanidad Animal, NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Bizkaia, EspañaLaboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño (UAFAM), Jarabacoa, República DominicanaLaboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño (UAFAM), Jarabacoa, República DominicanaLaboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño (UAFAM), Jarabacoa, República DominicanaLaboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño (UAFAM), Jarabacoa, República DominicanaLaboratorio de Entomología, Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño (UAFAM), Jarabacoa, República DominicanaIntroduction: Discarded vehicle tires represent a serious threat both to the environment and to public health as they have the potential to harbor important mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors. Objective: To assess the importance of used vehicle tires as larval habitats for mosquito fauna that colonize these artificial reservoirs in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. Materials and methods: Used tires were sampled with pipettes at specialized tire fitting shops and scattered stockpiles of tires between June and August, 2018. Results: We sampled 396 tires; 57 (Container Index=14.4%) were positive for immature stages and contained 2,400 specimens, 11 species, and four genera (Anopheles, Aedes, Culex, and Toxorhynchites). The most abundant species was Aedes albopictus (42.3%) followed by Aedes aegypti (34.3%), and Culex quinquefasciatus (14.0%) while other species (9.4%) were less abundant. The container index varied significantly among the different tire sizes (χ2=13.4; p≤0.05). The highest infestation levels were found in the largest tires. A low positive correlation (r=0.38, n=396; p≤0.001) between the tire size and the prevalence of immature stages was recorded. The presence of organic matter had an overall positive effect on the infestation levels (U=11,430.0; p≤0.001). Conclusions: These rubber residues, usually located nearby human populations, represent suitable breeding sites for arboviruses vectors such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and West Nile.https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5200culicidaeaedesarbovirusestiresdominican republic |
| spellingShingle | Mikel A. González María Altagracia Rodríguez-Sosa Yohan Enmanuel Vásquez-Bautista Elizabeth del Carmen Rosario Jesús Confesor Durán-Tiburcio Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud culicidae aedes arboviruses tires dominican republic |
| title | A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue |
| title_full | A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue |
| title_fullStr | A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue |
| title_full_unstemmed | A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue |
| title_short | A survey of tire-breeding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Dominican Republic: Considerations about a pressing issue |
| title_sort | survey of tire breeding mosquitoes diptera culicidae in the dominican republic considerations about a pressing issue |
| topic | culicidae aedes arboviruses tires dominican republic |
| url | https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5200 |
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