Surveillance exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

Isra Deblauwe1, Wim Van Bortel1, Dimitri Brosens2, Dimitri Brosens3, Dimitri Brosens4

1 ITG, Antwerp, Belgium; 2 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform, , Belgium; 3 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Havenlaan 88, bus 73, , Belgium; 4 INBO/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Havenlaan 88, bus 73, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Isra Deblauwe (ideblauwe@itg.be)Wim Van BortelDimitri Brosens, Dimitri Brosens (dimitri.brosens@inbo.be)

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Resource Citation

Deblauwe I, Van Bortel W, Brosens D (2021): Surveillance exotic mosquitoes in Belgium. v1.17. Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=surveillance-exotic-mosquitoes-belgium&v=1.17

Abstract

Vector-borne diseases are a specific group of infections that present a (re-)emerging threat to Europe and require particular attention. The recent notifications of autochthonous transmission of dengue fever and chikungunya fever cases in Europe show its vulnerability to these diseases in areas where the vector, the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus , is present. Strengthening surveillance of exotic mosquito species such as Ae. albopictus , Aedes aegypti , Aedes atropalpus , Aedes japonicus , Aedes koreicus  and Aedes triseriatus , in areas at risk of importation or spread of mosquitoes and risk of virus transmission is therefore required. This is particularly important in the context of environmental and climate changes which might allow an increase of vector populations and virus amplification. The collection of information and data on vectors of public health (PH) significance are of crucial importance to understand the levels of risk that countries face, and to define the actions that need to be taken.

All the occurrences are collected during a surveillance study in 2012.

All info here: Deblauwe I., Sohier C., Coosemans M. 2012. ExoSurv: implementation of surveillance of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium. Report for the Federal and Regional governments of Belgium, 130p

Keywords: Samplingevent, Vector disease, exotic, mosquitoes, survey

Project details

Project title: Implementation of surveillance of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium
Personnel: Isra Deblauwe, Charlotte Sohier, Marc Coosemans
Funding: Federal government and the governments of the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels-Capital region
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Belgium
Design description: This study aimed at (1) testing the usefulness and applicability in the field of the ECDC guidelines for the surveillance of IMS in Europe and (2) surveying IMS throughout Belgium.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=surveillance-exotic-mosquitoes-belgium

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Mosquitoes
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Insecta
Family: Culicidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Belgium
Coordinates: 49°28'55.2''N and 51°31'19.2''N Latitude; 2°28'19.2''E and 6°24'18''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2012

Methods

Method step description: Collection in the field
Study extent description: Objective 1: to detect possible foci of introduction and establishment of EMS at
early stage in Belgium (Scenario 1: no established EMS).
Objective 2a: to quantify the establishment of Ae. j. japonicus  at Natoye and asses
the quality/efficacy of the control measures used (Scenario 2: locally established
EMS - already controlled).
Objective 2b: to quantify the establishment of Ae. koreicus  at Maasmechelen and
detect the possible spread of this EMS (Scenario 2: locally established EMS - not
controlled yet)
Objective 3: to evaluate the efficiency of the oviposition trap compared to the CO2-
trap (MMLP) in low density areas of Aedes species.
Objective 4: to support rapid implementation of control measures to eliminate the
EMS population
Objective 5: to disseminate project outputs to the scientific community, end users
and the general public
Sampling description: First, the scenarios, which Belgium is facing, were identified according to the ECDC guidelines. Second, the surveillance strategy and the methods were identified based on the guidelines and adjusted to the Belgium context. Two areas colonised by IMS and 20 potential points of entry (PoE) were selected. Mosquito Magnet Liberty Plus (CO2-baited) traps (23) and oviposition traps (147) were set-up, and larval sampling was performed monthly or bi-monthly from July till October 2012. Finally, the costs and workload of the surveillance activities were compared to the estimates provided by the ECDC guidelines.
Quality control description: All was checked

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Surveillance exotic mosquitoes in Belgium
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/archive.do?r=surveillance-exotic-mosquitoes-belgium
Publication date of data: 2021-03-25
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-07-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Deblauwe et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014. Implementation of surveillance of invasive mosquitoes in Belgium according to the ECDC guidelines https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-201