Seasonal prevalence of mosquitoes collected from light traps in the Republic of Korea, 2005 |
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| Authors: | Heung Chul KIM Sung Tae CHONG Brett W. COLLIER Terry A. KLEIN |
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| Affiliation: | 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, US Army MEDDAC-Korea, APO AP 96205-5247, US Army, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea;
Department of Preventive Medicine, US Army MEDDAC-Korea, APO AP 96205-5444, US Army, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted during 2005 at 22 US military 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 to 15 October to determine threshold levels to initiate pesticide applications based on trap indices. A total of 27 363 adult mosquitoes (22 368 [81.7%] females and 4995 [18.3%] males) comprising 15 species (including five members of the Anopheles sinensis group) belonging to seven genera were collected. The most common species collected were members of the Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann group (50.2%), followed by Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (30.6%), Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (11.8%), and Culex pipiens Coquillett (6.3%) females. Trap indices varied widely for species over their range, due in part to geographical distribution and degree of association with urban or rural communities. |
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| Keywords: | Anopheles sinensis Aedes vexans Culex pipiens Culex tritaeniorhynchus Korea light trap seasonal prevalence trap index US Forces Korea (USFK) vivax malaria case |
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