Seasonal prevalence of mosquitoes collected from light traps in the Republic of Korea, 2006 |
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| Authors: | Heung Chul KIM Sung Tae CHONG Peter V NUNN Richard B McNEMEE Terry A KLEIN |
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| Institution: | The 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, US Army MEDDAC-Korea, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea;
Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, 65th Medical Brigade, US Army MEDDAC-Korea, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted during 2006 at 22 US Army and Air Force installations and two training sites located in six provinces in the Republic of Korea. Adult mosquitoes were collected in New Jersey light traps from 1 May through 15 October 2006 to determine threshold levels to initiate pesticide applications based on trap indices. In total 16 217 adult mosquitoes 13 612 (83.9%) females and 2605 (16.1%) males] comprising 16 species (including five members of the Anopheles sinensis Group) belonging to eight genera were collected. Females of the most commonly collected species were members of the Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann Group (58.9%), followed by Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (21.3%), Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (11.8%) and Culex pipiens Coquillett (5.2%). Trap indices varied widely for species over their range, due in part, to their geographical distribution and degree of association with urban or rural communities. |
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| Keywords: | Anopheles sinensis Culex tritaeniorhynchus light trap seasonal prevalence US Forces Korea (USFK) vivax malaria cases |
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