Elimination of Aedes aegypti in northern Australia, 2004–2006

Journal of vector ecology: journal of the Society for Vector Ecology

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Peter I. Whelan¹  Nina Kurucz²  William J. Pettit²  Vicki Krause² 

[1] BITES;Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Unit, Top End Health Service

关键词: Australia;    mosquito surveillance;    elimination;    vector control;    Aedes aegypti;    mosquito-borne disease.;   

DOI  :  10.1111/jvec.12379

来源: Society for Vector Ecology

【 摘 要 】

The Northern Territory (NT) of Australia is currently free of the dengue mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L). However, on 17 February 2004, two Ae. aegypti adults were captured in two routine CO2 -baited encephalitis virus surveillance traps in Tennant Creek, located 990 km south of Darwin in the NT. The detection triggered an immediate survey and control response undertaken by the NT Department of Health and Community Services, followed by a Commonwealth of Australiafunded Ae. aegypti elimination program. This report details the methods and results of the detection and subsequent elimination activities that were carried out between 2004 and 2006, returning the NT to its dengue vector-free status. There have been very few successful Ae. aegypti elimination programs in the world. This purposeful mosquito elimination for Australia was officially declared on 5 April 2006.

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