Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 43, 25 October 2012
Rapid communications
AN INVASIVE MOSQUITO SPECIES AEDES ALBOPICTUS FOUND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 2012
. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20301
Date of submission: 02 October 2012
Between July and September 2012, seventeen larvae of the invasive mosquito species Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) were discovered using 60 ovitraps at four study sites alongside two main road exits in South Moravia, Czech Republic.
This is the first report of imported Ae. albopictus in the Czech Republic.
The findings highlight the need for a regular surveillance programme to monitor this invasive species throughout western and central Europe.
Rapid communications
AN INVASIVE MOSQUITO SPECIES AEDES ALBOPICTUS FOUND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 2012
. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20301
Date of submission: 02 October 2012
Between July and September 2012, seventeen larvae of the invasive mosquito species Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) were discovered using 60 ovitraps at four study sites alongside two main road exits in South Moravia, Czech Republic.
This is the first report of imported Ae. albopictus in the Czech Republic.
The findings highlight the need for a regular surveillance programme to monitor this invasive species throughout western and central Europe.