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Human-landing rate, gonotrophic cycle length, survivorship, and public health importance of Simulium erythrocephalum in Zaragoza, northeastern Spain

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Title
Human-landing rate, gonotrophic cycle length, survivorship, and public health importance of Simulium erythrocephalum in Zaragoza, northeastern Spain
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Parasites & Vectors, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2115-7
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Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo, Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva, Javier Lucientes-Curdi, Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez

Abstract

Simulium (Boophthora) erythrocephalum (De Geer, 1776) is one of the blackfly species responsible for major public health problems in Europe. Blackfly outbreaks of this species are becoming more frequent, threatening public health in Spain. In the present study, bionomic parameters of S. erythrocephalum in northeastern Spain were estimated. Simulium erythrocephalum was collected from May through June 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain, using the human-landing-collection (HLC) method. Daily pattern of total and parous landing activity was estimated, as was the gonotrophic cycle (GC) length and survivorship (S) rate, using time series analysis. Host-seeking females of S. erythrocephalum showed a bimodal human-landing activity pattern, with a minor and major peak at dawn and dusk, respectively; there was a significant negative association between human daily landing rate and temperature (P = 0.003) and solar radiation (P < 0.001). Overall, a daily landing rate (DLR) of 34 lands/person/day was estimated. Series of sequential data analysis on parity showed the highest significant (P < 0.001) correlation indices (r = 0.45 and r = 0.39 for raw and filtered data) for a 2-day time lag, indicating that the GC length corresponded to 2 days. Daily survivorship and parity rate were 0.85 and 0.72, respectively. Simulium erythrocephalum was confirmed as a nuisance species in Zaragoza, using the HLC method for the first time in Spain. The data offer insights into the ecology of S. erythrocephalum, which can improve management strategies of this pest in Spain.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 33%
Student > Master 3 13%
Researcher 3 13%
Lecturer 2 8%
Professor 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 5 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 42%
Social Sciences 2 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 5 21%
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