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- * Conducted from June to September 2020, 26 eggs were collected, hatched, and confirmed through morphological and genetic analysis, with an additional adult female captured later in October.
- * This finding marks the first occurrence of Aedes japonicus in Romania, emphasizing the need for mosquito surveillance and control, especially since only Aedes albopictus was previously known to be established in the region.
Article Abstract
Background: A study conducted at the International Airport of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with the aim of investigating the presence/absence of invasive Aedes mosquito species resulted in finding Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald 1901) eggs in one of the ovitraps placed on site.
Methods: The study was carried out between 30 June and 29 September 2020. On 24 August, 26 eggs were collected and later hatched at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca's insectary. On 15 October another adult female Ae. japonicus was caught entering a building in the center of the city, about 7 km from the first sampling spot.
Results: The mosquitoes were identified morphologically and confirmed by molecular analysis, based on the genetic analysis of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI).
Conclusion: This is the first report of the species in Romania, highlighting the need for surveillance and implemented control methods. However, in Romania to our knowledge only Aedes albopictus has been established; further studies are required to learn about this new invasive species' status in Romania.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8024677 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04698-2 | DOI Listing |
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