First Record of Aedes Albopictus in Croatia

Klobučar, Ana; Merdić, Enrih; Benić, Nikola; Baklaic, Ž.; Krčmar, Stjepan

doi:10.2987/8756-971x(2006)22[147:froaai]2.0.co;2

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“…In general, the purpose of mosquito monitoring lies in faunal characteristics, the daily and seasonal dynamics and abundance, defining the areas with mosquito annoyance and determining potential vectors of diseases. Out of the total of 50 mosquito species recorded in Croatia Klobučar et al 2006;Žitko & Merdić 2006), 20 have been found in the area of the city of Osijek (Merdić 1996;Merdić & Lovaković 2001).…”

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Seasonal dynamics of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Osijek (Croatia) for the period 1995–2004

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The ten year research (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004) of adult mosquitoes in the area of Osijek by dry ice baited CDC traps has provided significant information on mosquito species, species prevalence, their dynamics and seasonal activity. A total of 207,136 adult mosquitoes comprising twenty species belonging to the following genera: Anopheles, Ochlerotatus, Aedes, Culex, Coquillettidia, Culiseta and Uranotaenia were collected. The seven most common species collected during this study were: Aedes vexans (75.6%), Ochlerotatus sticticus (13.3%), Culex pipiens complex (5.9%), Anopheles maculipennis complex (1.9%), Oc. cantans (0.9%), Oc. caspius (0.6%) and Oc. excrucians (0.6%). The temporal changes in the relative abundance of the twenty mosquito species in the Osijek area were reflected in three peaks: in May, July and September. Seasonal population dynamics differed between years and between mosquito species in relation to wetland, urban and forest habitats and was influenced by water level of the Drava and the Danube rivers.

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Seasonal dynamics of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Osijek (Croatia) for the period 1995–2004

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“…albopictus in the Zagreb area was made in October 2004 during the regular inspection of the mosquito breeding sites. Mosquito larvae were found and collected from an artificial container in a forest located in the western suburb of the city [46]. This was also the first finding of Ae.…”

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“…In Croatia, a total of 51 species of mosquitoes have been described so far [45][46][47][48]. In the City of Zagreb, 30 mosquito species have been detected [46,[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57] In the indoor breeding sites of Zagreb the species Cx.…”

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An overview of mosquitoes and emerging arboviral infections in the Zagreb area, Croatia

Klobučar

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Krajcar

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J Infect Dev Ctries

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Mosquito control in the Zagreb area has been conducted for many years, whereas the fauna has only been investigated in the last 20 years. So far 30 mosquito species have been detected in the city area. Culex pipiens form molestus is the dominant mosquito species in indoor breeding sites. In forested areas and areas exposed to flooding, the active period is early spring and the dominant species are Ochlerotatus sticticus, Ochlerotatus cantans, Ochlerotatus geniculatus and Aedes vexans. The eudominant mosquito species found in the artificial breeding sites are Culex pipiens and the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Invasive Ae. albopictus, present in the Zagreb area since 2004, has expanded to a larger area of the city during the last three years. The recent emergence of the human West Nile virus and Usutu virus neuroinvasive disease in Zagreb and its surroundings highlighted the role of mosquitoes as vectors of emerging arboviruses. The paper focuses on mosquito species and arboviral infections detected in humans and animals in the Zagreb area, Croatia.

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“…The Indian man developed a febrile syndrome two days after his arrival in Italy and also had high titres of antibodies against Chikungunya. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the strain that caused Italian outbreak was similar to the strains detected on the Indian subcontinent (Yergolkar et al, 2006) (Klobucar et al, 2006), two cases of indigenous dengue were diagnosed also in 2010 (Schmidt-Chanasit et al, 2010;Gjenero-Margan et al, 2011). The identification of these cases of dengue fever and Chikungunya occurred in 2010, which were in all cases well clustered in space and time, is strongly suggestive that autochthonous transmission of tropical viruses in Europe is ongoing.…”

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