Habitat characterization of Aedes albopictus (original) (raw)

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Aedes albopictus, ever since, its distribution from country to country, has been known to transmit many viruses (like dengue) to human. The vector possesses enormous plasticity in habitat adoptability. The distribution pattern revealed that maximum population was collected from rural areas during rainy season, at temperature 31-40 ºC and RH 41-50 %. The population was collected from clear water having plastic bottom. The small quite places are more productive breeding places having EC (≤ 1000 µS/m), TDS (≤ 500 ppm) and DO (2-5 mg/l). The larval population was mostly established in the areas having exposed shady conditions and have less distance from human habitation. Flora such as spirogyra, grasses and algae, and predators such as damselfly, water bugs and beetles showed affinity with Ae. albopictus population. Stagnant clear water bodies are considered as potential breeding sites for dengue vector.

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1. Entomological Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
   Faisal Hafeez, Ayesha Iftikhar, Afifa Naeem & Muhammad Jawad Saleem
2. Department of Entomology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
   Unsar Naeem-Ullah
3. Department of Entomology, University of agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
   Waseem Akram & Muhammad Arshad

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1. Faisal Hafeez
2. Unsar Naeem-Ullah
3. Waseem Akram
4. Muhammad Arshad
5. Ayesha Iftikhar
6. Afifa Naeem
7. Muhammad Jawad Saleem

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FH and UN designed and conducted the experiment and collected the data. FH, UN, WA and MA analyzed the data. FH, UN, WA and MA wrote the manuscript. AI and AN helped in the apprehending the idea of this research and lay out the design of this experiment. AN and MJS reviewed the manuscript, improving the write-up, format and language of this manuscript and edit the format of Tables according to the format of this journal. This final manuscript was ultimately perused, scrutinized and approved for final submission by all authors.

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Hafeez, F., Naeem-Ullah, U., Akram, W. et al. Habitat characterization of Aedes albopictus.Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 1555–1560 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00676-4

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• Received: 18 April 2021
• Accepted: 14 October 2021
• Published: 29 October 2021
• Version of record: 29 October 2021
• Issue date: April 2022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00676-4

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