Spatio-temporal impacts of aerial adulticide applications on populations of West Nile virus vector mosquitoes

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 120 - 15
• Main Authors: Holcomb, Karen M, Reiner, Robert C, Barker, Christopher M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.02.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abundance; Additives; Adulticide; Aerial spraying; Animal Distribution; Animals; Aquatic insects; Carbon dioxide; Collections; Control; Crop diseases; Crop dusting; Culex - drug effects; Culex - growth & development; Culex pipiens; Culex tarsalis; Culicidae; Disease control; Dispersal; Distribution; Ecosystem; Epidemics; Estimates; Female; GAM; Generalized additive models; Geographical distribution; Habitats; Humans; Insecticides; Insecticides - pharmacology; Land use; Male; Models, Biological; Mosquito Control - instrumentation; Mosquito Control - methods; Mosquito Vectors - drug effects; Mosquito Vectors - growth & development; Mosquitoes; Organophosphates; Organophosphorus pesticides; Pesticides; Population; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Populations; Public health; Pyrethrins - pharmacology; Pyrethroids; Rain; Seasons; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Sprays; Stochasticity; Trapping; Trends; Urban areas; Vector-borne diseases; Vectors; Virus-vector relationships; Viruses; Weather; West Nile Fever - transmission; West Nile Fever - virology; West Nile virus; West Nile virus - physiology; United States; Sacramento California; California; Central Valley; United States > US; Culex tarsalis; GAM; Mosquitoes; Adulticide; Mosquito-borne disease; Spatial-temporal model; Generalized additive models; West Nile virus; Aerial spraying; Culex pipiens

Aerial applications of insecticides that target adult mosquitoes are widely used to reduce transmission of West Nile virus to humans during periods of epidemic risk. However, estimates of the reduction in abundance following these treatments typically focus on single events, rely on pre-defined, unt...