Title |
First Report on Invasion of Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, at Narita International Airport, Japan in August 2012
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Published in |
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2013
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DOI | 10.7883/yoken.66.189 |
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Authors |
Nayu Sukehiro, Nori Kida, Masahiro Umezawa, Takayuki Murakami, Naoko Arai, Tsunesada Jinnai, Shunichi Inagaki, Hidetoshi Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Maruyama, Yoshio Tsuda |
Abstract |
The invasion of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti at Narita International Airport, Japan was detected for the first time. During the course of routine vector surveillance at Narita International Airport, 27 Ae. aegypti adults emerged from larvae and pupae collected from a single larvitrap placed near No. 88 spot at passenger terminal 2 on August 8, 2012. After the appearance of Ae. aegypti in the larvitrap, we defined a 400-m buffer zone and started an intensive vector survey using an additional 34 larvitraps and 15 CO2 traps. International aircraft and passenger terminal 2 were also inspected, and one Ae. aegypti male was collected from the cargo space of an international aircraft from Darwin via Manila on August 28, 2012. Larvicide treatment with 1.5% fenitrothion was conducted in 64 catch basins and one ditch in the 400-m buffer zone. Twenty-four large water tanks were also treated at least once with 0.5% pyriproxyfen, an insect growth regulator. No Ae. aegypti eggs or adults were found during the 1-month intensive vector survey after finding larvae and pupae in the larvitrap. We concluded that Ae. aegypti had failed to establish a population at Narita International Airport. |
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