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The knowledge about prevalence of different zoonotic bacteria in rodents is a priority in the surveillance systems in public health. Salmonelosis, Campylobacteriosis, or Listeriosis are some of the most important zoonotic diseases. Their presence, prevalence and distribution is a valuable informatio...

In recent years, mosquito surveillance and control programmes have been immersed in a series of threats related to globalisation and climate change that have created new risk scenarios for the transmission of emerging and re-emerging diseases. There is a need to incorporate new tools in order to hel...

Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) was recorded in 2011 at first time in the Region the Murcia. After this year to 2017, only municipal or local studies were carried about, mainly by the Universidad de Murcia team. In 2018, the regional Public Health Service started a surveillance program which becam...

Urban areas provide suitable breeding areas for mosquitoes potentially affecting the epidemiology of many vector-borne diseases, through its effects on mosquito community composition. The invasive Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus has colonized a large number of urbanized areas in Europe and is ...

One of the major groups of mosquito-borne diseases is Flaviviruses with prominent human pathogens, such as West Nile virus (WNV), dengue, Zika viruses. Nowadays, WNV is appearing more and more in several countries, thanks in part to climate change and other factors. WNV is endemic in parts of Europe...

The development of an efficient and timely surveillance with accurate alert signals is among the bottlenecks of arboviruses epidemiology. Herein, we report the steps taken to transform an archaic and sectorized structure into a modern and timely surveillance program under the One Health approach to ...

The Phlebotominae include many genera of blood-feeding (hematophagous) flies, including the primary vectors of leishmaniasis. Species belonging to the genus Phlebotomus are responsible of the transmission of this important parasitic disease in Europe. Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease, widely spre...

During the summer of 2018 Madrid City Council received an unusual number of complaints related with insect bites near the Manzanares river. Consequently, the Vector Control Department of Health Madrid performed a series of inspections at different points of the river. Which resulted in the verificat...

During the summer of 2018 Madrid City Council received an unusual number of complaints related with insect bites near the Manzanares river. Consequently, the Vector Control Department of Health Madrid performed a series of inspections at different points of the river. Which resulted in the verificat...

Invasive mosquitoes’ distribution has increased in recent decades throughout Europe. In 2014 Aedes albopictus was identified for the first time in the Basque Country (northern Spain) and in 2020 Aedes japonicus was detected in the three Basque provinces. This study aimed to evaluate the association ...

Some Aedes mosquitoes, mainly Aedes caspius and Aedes detritus, cause relevant nuisances in urban and peri urban areas situated close to some wetlands in Spain. These floodwater mosquitoes are particularly difficult to control at larval stage after intensive rains, since they can quickly colonize la...

In April 2018, the Vector Control Department of Health Madrid received a communication from a pest control company about an Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae) infestation in a building. After an initial inspection of the affected area, the presence of two foci was detected and entomolog...

In the recent years, different types of sensors have been developed for the automatic categorization of mosquitoes. Most of them have been only tested in laboratory conditions so there is a lack of studies in the field. In this study, a new sensor prototype linked to a mosquito trap was tested in th...

The World Health Organization will launch a Global Arbovirus Initiative soon. This Initiative focuses on Aedes-borne arboviral diseases and aims to strengthen the coordination, communication, capacity-building, and preparedness/response necessary to mitigate the growing risk of epidemics due to arbo...

Dominant approaches to the management of urban rats have focused on identifying and treating infestations at the level of an individual building or parcel of land. Even the most up to date Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches do not often account for the spatial scale and dynamics of rat popu...

In the Netherlands, besides the detection at Lucky bamboo and used tire sites, introductions of Aedes albopictus have been notified by citizens since 2016 in urban areas. Intensive surveillance and mosquito control followed the confirmation of the species identity in the laboratory. In many cases, i...

According to the One Health concept, human and animal health are interdependent and connected with the environment in which they coexist. In this context, leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease that affects humans as well as various wild and domestic mammals. The persistence of the disease in cities, i...

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, is an Invasive Alien Species (IAS) accidentally introduced in Europe from South East Asia. It was reported for the first time in south-west France in 2004 and rapidly spread to nearby European countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Germany, ...

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is usually caused by the inhalation of avian and fungal proteins. The present study assesses a cohort of Urban Pest Surveillance and Control Service (UPSCS) workers with high exposure to avian and fungal antigens, in order to identify their degree of sensitization t...

In Spain Dengue (DENV), Zike (ZIKV) and Chickungunya (CHIKV) are frequently imported by tourists and immigrants infected in endemic countries. The Spanish Ministry of Health has declared DENV, ZIKV and CHIKV as priority notifiable diseases in the country. Research presented here is focused on entomo...

The UK employs a multi-faceted approach to surveillance for invasive Aedes species, including active methods, designed to target particular, potentially higher locations, and passive methods, providing a means for the general public and relevant professional groups to submit mosquito samples for ide...

The Public Health Agency of Barcelona (ASPB Catalan acronym) is in charge of the surveillance and control of pests, such as cockroaches, in public areas and sewage system of the City. As in other Mediterranean cities, Periplaneta americana has colonized the sewage system of Barcelona in last years, ...

Cockroaches (Blattodea) are important mechanical vectors for the transmission of many pathogens including bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and viruses, and can contaminate food, water, and affect animals and humans. These pathogens can be carried in different parts of the cockroach body (legs, mouthparts)...

The Public Health Agency of Barcelona (ASPB Catalan acronym) is in charge of the surveillance and control of pests, such as some rodents, in public green areas and sewage system of the City. In the context of recent legal restrictions on the use of rodenticides, the control in green surfaces through...

In 2003 the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus arrived in Southern Switzerland for the first time. It has since then been continuously surveyed and controlled using ovitraps for monitoring alongside targeted applications of larvicides (Bti and diflubenzuron) and larval source reduction....

A mosquito-based arbovirus surveillance was settled in “Parco Lombardo delle Valli del Ticino” and in neighbouring sites in Milano province (Lombardy). Nine sites were monitored between 2009 and 2013 sampling 82,106 mosquitoes, of which 68.6 % belonged to Culex pipiens L. species. Mosquito were sort...

Madrid City Council has always used maps for this purpose and in the last decade has taken a further step incorporating Geographical Information Technologies (GIS). As a result urban pest control has improved notably and integrated pest management principals have been straightforwardly accomplished....

Aedes albopictus is a vector for over 20 viruses, including chikungunya and dengue and where present may pose a threat to human health. Since 2003 A. albopictus is also present in Southern Switzerland in the Canton of Ticino and has since then been continuously surveyed and controlled, mainly by lar...

To combat vectors and the public health hazards they represent, many European countries have established their own vector control programs. Such programs may benefit from a more standardized approach to enable to compare obtained results, share compatible data and tackle transboundary issues. The VB...

Entomological indices based on larval surveillance methods are not sensitive enough to accurately monitor Aedes aegypti population densities in areas differing in levels of infestation. Here, we present and discuss results obtained from a pilot program using a new approach, the Monitoring System and...

Globalization is a major causal agent for the introduction of exotic species into new territories. In this regard, it is well known that air traffic is an ideal route for the arrival of mosquitoes to new countries and even new continents. In order to evaluate the possible arrival of allochthonous ve...

This present study focused on the Municipal Program of Culex Control at the Pinheiros River and the new methods used for surveillance and control of this mosquito. This river has 54 km of banks and its polluted and stagnant water allows great proliferation of Culex quinquefasciatus. This mosquito is...

Port health authorities have played an important role in the control of infectious diseases. The International Health Regulations (2005) further clarifies this role and provides a legal statutory instrument which aims to assist the international community to prevent and respond to global public heal...

Hospitals play an important role within a healthcare setting. The presence of arthropods in hospitals, like spiders, mites, bedbugs, mosquitoes, beetles, cockroaches, flies and ants, was reported in many studies. Besides its great epidemiological relevance, the presence of culicines that are potenti...

Pests cause damage to humans since ancient times, not only because they represent risks to health through diseases, but also due to the damage they can cause in food storage by contaminating packaging, products and environments. The Sanitary Surveillance of Ribeirão Preto, adhering to the establishe...

Dengue has been considered as the most important airborne disease in Brazil. Limitations in the laboratory identification of immature Aedes aegypti and processing of field data based on larval surveys led to the development of the “Intelligent Dengue Monitoring” technology (MI-Dengue) (www.midengue....

The bat is a synanthropic animal and is considered the second most important species in the transmission of rabies to humans in Brazil: nearly 12% of human cases are transmitted by bats. Among bats, the main transmitter is Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) that has a preference for the ...

Mogi Guaçu is a city in southeastern Brazil with 140,000 inhabitants, where the epidemics of dengue are very recent. In 2001 there were only 14 cases, but the incidence increased in the recent years, reaching 566 cases in 2008 and only 21 cases in 2009 (atypical year). The Brateau index for the city...

Health services are colonized by urban pests, being generally an integral part of urban infrastructure, especially considering the neotropical climate that is warm and wet. Therefore, pest control is widely quoted in our legislation and hospitals should be free of pests. In practice, it is observed ...

Once common, infestations caused by these hematophagous insects practically disappeared at the 1950’s. However, its recurrence has been observed in several countries, including Brazil. This fact, although concerning, lacks deeper studies. The objective of this research was to describe bed bugs overr...

Plasmodium vivax reemerged in 1993 after a hiatus of 14 years and increased exponentially among South Korean military and civilian populations through 1998. With increased use of chemoprophylaxis by the South Korean military, malaria stabilized and then sharply decreased through 2004. Malaria cases ...

Catches of mosquitoes and sand flies in CO2 traps baited with three different lures and an unbaited control were compared. The lures examined were carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide plus 1-octen-3-ol, and carbon dioxide plus human hair in ethanol. Studies using a 4 x 4 Latin square design, with 3 sets o...

The basic principles of olfaction in mosquito-host interaction is presented using Aedes aegypti. Olfactometer bioassays investigated which compounds of the complex blend of human emanations play a role in the attraction, and which factors make some hosts more attractive than others. Beside L-(+)-lac...

The Pantry PatrolÔ is a new trapping system for use by professional pest managers and for introduction into the domestic market. Sex pheromones for Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia kuehniella, E. cautella, Lasioderma serricorne, Trogoderma variabile, and T. granarium and aggregation pheromones for th...

Observation carried out in increase in the number of all blood-sucking arthropods in Lithuania. The abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks, the principal vector for the Lyme disease and Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) agents in three biggest towns of Lithuania was compared with the incidence of morbidity o...