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Characterization of microplastics found in mosquito oviposition habitats. 在蚊子产卵生境中发现的微塑料的特性。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-39

Gabriella McConnel, Destiny Cuellar, Kailash Dhondiram Arole, Smita Shivraj Dasari, Micah J Green, Jaclyn E Cañas-Carrell, Corey L Brelsfoard

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Comparison of flea diversity in the burrows of Richardson's ground squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii) in urban and rural sites in central Saskatchewan, Canada. 加拿大萨斯喀彻温省中部城市和农村理查德森地松鼠（Urocitellus richardsonii）洞穴中跳蚤多样性的比较。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R61

Jessica T Thoroughgood, Neil B Chilton

{"title":"Comparison of flea diversity in the burrows of Richardson's ground squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii) in urban and rural sites in central Saskatchewan, Canada.","authors":"Jessica T Thoroughgood, Neil B Chilton","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R61","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R61","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial and temporal differences in the relative abundance of arthropod vectors are important factors that influence the risk of disease for mammalian hosts. Seasonal changes in the diversity and abundance of fleas (Siphonaptera) in Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) burrows were studied at two sites in central Saskatchewan. A total of 225 fleas (151 at an urban site and 74 at a rural site) were collected. Flea prevalence differed among seasons at the urban site but not at the rural site. Of the nine flea species detected (eight at the urban site and six at the rural site), Oropsylla rupestris, O. bruneri, O. labis, O. tuberculata, and Aetheca wagneri are vectors of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. The presence and abundance of some fleas differed between sites and seasons. Neopsylla inopina and O. rupestris were the most abundant species at the urban site during the spring and summer, respectively, while O. bruneri was the most abundant species at the rural site. Our findings may have implications for the management of the black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in southwestern Saskatchewan because they coexist with U. richardsonii, are hosts for Oropsylla, and are at great risk of plague exposure/infection.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"49 2","pages":"R61-R69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Control of Triatoma longipennis (Usinger), vector of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, using a chalk insecticide under laboratory and pilot field conditions. 在实验室和试验田条件下使用白垩杀虫剂控制南美锥虫病病媒 Triatoma longipennis (Usinger)。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.S12

Diana Monserrat Martínez-Grant, Walter Eduardo Quezada-Yaguachi, Georgina Miroslava Sánchez-Buelna, José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra

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Murine typhus: a re-emerging rickettsial zoonotic disease. 鼠斑疹伤寒：一种再次出现的立克次体人畜共患病。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-1

Alyssa N Snellgrove, Jerome Goddard

{"title":"Murine typhus: a re-emerging rickettsial zoonotic disease.","authors":"Alyssa N Snellgrove, Jerome Goddard","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-1","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-1","url":null,"abstract":"Murine typhus, caused by Rickettsia typhi, is re-emerging in many parts of the world. The disease is also called endemic typhus to differentiate from epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), and sometimes also named flea-borne typhus. Occasionally, literature sources will include Rickettsia felis as a causative agent of flea-borne typhus, but illnesses caused by R. felis are actually flea-borne spotted fever. Murine typhus occurs in warm, coastal areas worldwide. In the United States, most cases are reported from California, Texas, and Hawaii. Murine typhus is usually a self-limited febrile illness but about one-quarter of patients suffer organ complications. The disease is only infrequently fatal. Regarding disease ecology, the historical paradigm is that rats (Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus) are reservoirs of R. typhi worldwide, with rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) as primary vectors. More recently, researchers have proposed an alternative suburban murine typhus transmission cycle involving opossums, cat fleas, cats, and dogs in Texas, California, and rural Mexico. Because cat fleas feed on a variety of mammals, there may be other avenues for R. typhi transmission, including stray or feral cats bringing cat fleas and other infected fleas into proximity with humans and possible aerosolization of infected flea feces. Additional fleas, ticks, lice, and mites may play a role in various areas throughout the world, but a striking lack of fundamental research on this topic makes drawing conclusions difficult. This review provides an overview of the history, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of murine typhus, with special emphasis on its disease ecology.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"50 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparative study of the stridulatory groove in species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Mexico. 墨西哥 Triatoma（半翅目：Reduviidae）物种的褶槽比较研究。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R78

Nancy Rivas, Alberto Antonio-Campos, Keity J Farfán-Pira, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar

{"title":"Comparative study of the stridulatory groove in species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Mexico.","authors":"Nancy Rivas, Alberto Antonio-Campos, Keity J Farfán-Pira, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R78","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R78","url":null,"abstract":"The stridulation in the subfamily Triatominae has been identified as a means of communication between species, produced by the friction of the proboscis on the prosternal stridulatory groove. Despite its biological significance, this phenomenon remains understudied, with the signal's production seemingly contingent upon the morphology of the stridulatory groove. In this study, we examined the morphology of stridulatory grooves in females and males of five species and two subspecies of Mexican triatomines using morphometric and scanning electron microscopical analysis. Our findings reveal that all analyzed species exhibit triangular-shaped stridulatory grooves with parallel ridges covering the entire groove, bordered on each side, and covered with setae. Surprisingly, we observed noticeable differences in the number of ridges and inter-ridge distance between the species Triatoma lecticularia and Triatoma rubida (p < 0.001 and p < 0.009, respectively), indicating sexual dimorphism in this aspect, a phenomenon not previously reported in the morphology of this structure. Our findings shed light on the intricate morphology of the stridulatory groove in Mexican triatomines, suggesting potential implications for their behavior and intra-specific communication.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"49 2","pages":"R78-R87"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Quantification of saliva production in Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) and the impact of MdSGHV infection. 家蝇（双翅目：蝇科）唾液分泌定量及MdSGHV感染的影响。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-23

Abigail Holmes, John G Stoffolano, Christopher J Geden

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Drivers of behavior in two tick species, Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), in a laboratory setting. 两种蜱的行为驱动因素，美洲钝肢蜱和斑点钝肢蜱（蜱螨：伊蚊科），在实验室设置。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-50-1-14

Afsoon Sabet, Meg Kilgore, Jerome Goddard, Samuel F Ward

{"title":"Drivers of behavior in two tick species, Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), in a laboratory setting.","authors":"Afsoon Sabet, Meg Kilgore, Jerome Goddard, Samuel F Ward","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-50-1-14","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-50-1-14","url":null,"abstract":"Ticks and tick-borne diseases are of increasing concern in the United States, and understanding tick behavior could be crucial to limiting the exposure of humans and other animals to ticks. Here, we wanted to understand the drivers of questing and burrowing in Amblyomma americanum and A. maculatum. We used a factorial design to assess the effects of substrate (sand, soil, and rock), temperature (16° and 22° C), tick species (A. maculatum and A. americanum), and competition (homogenous or heterogenous mixture of ticks in the arena) on tick behavior in laboratory arenas. Questing varied significantly between tick species, with 61% of A. americanum questing compared to 35% of A. maculatum. Substrate similarly affected questing, with most ticks questing in the arenas with sand (83%) compared to arenas with rock (35%) or soil (25%). Burrowing behavior was also influenced by substrate; every tick in the arenas with rock (100%) and nearly all in the arenas with soil (98%) exhibited burrowing, whereas only 10% burrowed in sand. A. americanum traveled longer distances than A. maculatum (23 ± 2.8 cm vs 9.7 ± 2.3 cm). The disparity in laboratory behavior between sand and rock/soil substrates might warrant further consideration in a field setting, as understanding factors that inhibit host-seeking behaviors of ticks can inform management of public spaces and potentially help mitigate tick-exposure.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"50 1","pages":"14-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of physiological and environmental factors on mosquito wingbeat frequency. 生理和环境因素对蚊子振翅频率的影响

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R70

Dongmin Kim, Terry J DeBriere, Nathan D Burkett-Cadena

{"title":"Effect of physiological and environmental factors on mosquito wingbeat frequency.","authors":"Dongmin Kim, Terry J DeBriere, Nathan D Burkett-Cadena","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R70","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.R70","url":null,"abstract":"Wingbeat frequency may serve as a distinctive physical signature for identifying mosquito species. However, variation in wingbeat frequency within species may compromise reliability of wingbeat frequency-based mosquito identification. We examined the impact of mosquito density (number of females), time of day (day or night), gravid status, and age (days post-emergence) on the wingbeat frequency of three important vector mosquito species using infrared optical sensors. Wingbeat frequency of Culex quinquefasciatus was significantly higher (6.2% and 9.5%) for single females compared to groups of five and ten females, respectively, and 9.4% higher during the daytime compared to nighttime. Wingbeat frequency was also significantly higher for gravid Cx. quinquefasciatus (9.4%) and Aedes aegypti (1.4%) than nongravid conspecifics. Within a short age range (five to seven days post-emergence), wingbeat in Cx. quinquefasciatus did not vary significantly. Our results highlight that both extrinsic (density and time of day) and intrinsic (gravid status) factors contribute to wingbeat variation, potentially posing challenges for development of wingbeat profile libraries and the classification of unknown specimens. Traps that aim to use wingbeat frequency and target specific cohorts of the population (i.e., host-seeking or gravid females) will need to account for differences in wingbeat frequency due to multiple factors.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"49 2","pages":"R70-R77"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Landscape and meteorological variables associated with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito infestation in two southeastern U.S.A. coastal cities. 美国东南部两个沿海城市与埃及伊蚊和白纹伊蚊侵扰有关的景观和气象变量。

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-28

Andre Luis Costa-da-Silva, Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller, Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Huixuan Li, Danielle Johnson-Carson, Sarah M Gunter, Melissa S Nolan, Matthew DeGennaro

{"title":"Landscape and meteorological variables associated with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito infestation in two southeastern U.S.A. coastal cities.","authors":"Andre Luis Costa-da-Silva, Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller, Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Huixuan Li, Danielle Johnson-Carson, Sarah M Gunter, Melissa S Nolan, Matthew DeGennaro","doi":"10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-28","DOIUrl":"10.52707/1081-1710-50.1-28","url":null,"abstract":"Human cases of arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes are increasing worldwide and spreading to new areas of the United States. These diseases continue to re-emerge, likely due to changes in vector ecology, urbanization, human migration, and larger range of climatic suitability. Recent shifts in landscape and weather variables are predicted to impact the habitat patterns of urban mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Miami, FL is in the tropical zone, while Charleston, SC is in the humid subtropical zone, and both cities are established hotspots for arboviruses. We applied remote sensing with land-use cover and weather variation to identify mosquito infestation patterns. We detected statistically significant positive and negative associations between entomological indicators and most weather variables in combined data from both cities. For all entomological indices, weekly wind speed and relative humidity were significantly positively associated, while precipitation and maximum temperature were significantly negatively associated. Aedes egg abundance was significantly positively associated with open land in Charleston but was negatively associated with vegetation cover in combined data.","PeriodicalId":56065,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vector Ecology","volume":"50 1","pages":"28-38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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On-host flea phenology and flea-borne pathogen surveillance among mammalian wildlife of the pineywoods of East Texas 东得克萨斯松林哺乳动物中的宿主跳蚤物候学和跳蚤传播的病原体监测

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Journal of Vector Ecology Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.2.r39

Jordan Salomon, Emily Leeke, Haydee Montemayor, Cassandra Durden, L. Auckland, Sujata Balasubramanian, G. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer

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