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29 December 2023 Density predictive model for an outbreak in adult female Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Japan
Satoru Watanabe, Kunihiko Nakane, Yugo Kitahara, Nanami Nishihara, Hiroshi Nomura, Fumiaki Fukase, Kohei Uno, Takaaki Kondo, Jun Ueyama
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Abstract

We developed a predictive model for activities and outbreaks of female Aedes albopictus Skuse, using meteorological data. The number of Ae. albopictus collected from human bait-sweep net collection (h-BNC) surveillance, conducted by the local government between 2010 and 2019 in Japan, was adopted as a mosquito-activity indicator. The best model was composed of the backward cumulative and backward moving mean of meteorological data (parameters that were measured daily include mean, maximum, and minimum temperature, mean humidity, amount of precipitation, maximum wind speed, and sunshine hours). The root mean squared error (RMSE) and the coefficient of determination (R2) of the best model for the test set, which was not included in the training dataset, were 1.33 and 0.74, respectively. The best model was applied to predict the number of Ae. albopictus obtained from our own h-BNC surveillance in Okazaki City, Japan. RMSE and R2 of the results were 1.17 and 0.92, respectively.The present model, using publicly available meteorological values, can predict the collection number of adult Ae. albopictus using h-BNC surveillance thereby providing information to control mosquito activities and outbreaks.Therefore, it may be possible to mitigate the risk of mosquito-borne infections and secondary adverse effects of mosquito bites, such as infectious impetigo and deterioration of the quality of life.

Satoru Watanabe, Kunihiko Nakane, Yugo Kitahara, Nanami Nishihara, Hiroshi Nomura, Fumiaki Fukase, Kohei Uno, Takaaki Kondo, and Jun Ueyama "Density predictive model for an outbreak in adult female Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Japan," Journal of Medical Entomology 61(2), 418-426, (29 December 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad166
Received: 7 August 2023; Accepted: 11 December 2023; Published: 29 December 2023
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human bait-sweep net collection
mosquito
predictive model
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