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Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain

Mosquitoes breeding in urban sewage infrastructure are both a source of nuisance to the local population and a public health risk, given that biting mosquitoes can transmit pathogenic organisms to humans. The increasing presence of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus in European cities ha...

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Autores principales: Montalvo, Tomas, Higueros, Agustin, Valsecchi, Andrea, Realp, Elisenda, Vila, Cristina, Ortiz, Alejandro, Peracho, Víctor, Figuerola, Jordi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9025117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35456098
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11040423
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author Montalvo, Tomas
Higueros, Agustin
Valsecchi, Andrea
Realp, Elisenda
Vila, Cristina
Ortiz, Alejandro
Peracho, Víctor
Figuerola, Jordi
author_facet Montalvo, Tomas
Higueros, Agustin
Valsecchi, Andrea
Realp, Elisenda
Vila, Cristina
Ortiz, Alejandro
Peracho, Víctor
Figuerola, Jordi
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description Mosquitoes breeding in urban sewage infrastructure are both a source of nuisance to the local population and a public health risk, given that biting mosquitoes can transmit pathogenic organisms to humans. The increasing presence of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus in European cities has further exacerbated the problems already caused by native Culex pipiens. We tested the effectiveness of modifications to sewage structures as an alternative to the use of biocides to prevent mosquito breeding. The placing of a layer of concrete at the bottom of sand sewers to prevent water accumulation completely eliminated mosquito reproduction, and so eliminates the need for biocides in modified structures. Sewer modification is thus a valid low-cost alternative for mosquito control.
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spelling pubmed-90251172022-04-23 Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain Montalvo, Tomas Higueros, Agustin Valsecchi, Andrea Realp, Elisenda Vila, Cristina Ortiz, Alejandro Peracho, Víctor Figuerola, Jordi Pathogens Article Mosquitoes breeding in urban sewage infrastructure are both a source of nuisance to the local population and a public health risk, given that biting mosquitoes can transmit pathogenic organisms to humans. The increasing presence of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus in European cities has further exacerbated the problems already caused by native Culex pipiens. We tested the effectiveness of modifications to sewage structures as an alternative to the use of biocides to prevent mosquito breeding. The placing of a layer of concrete at the bottom of sand sewers to prevent water accumulation completely eliminated mosquito reproduction, and so eliminates the need for biocides in modified structures. Sewer modification is thus a valid low-cost alternative for mosquito control. MDPI 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9025117/ /pubmed/35456098 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11040423 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Montalvo, Tomas
Higueros, Agustin
Valsecchi, Andrea
Realp, Elisenda
Vila, Cristina
Ortiz, Alejandro
Peracho, Víctor
Figuerola, Jordi
Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title_full Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title_fullStr Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title_short Effectiveness of the Modification of Sewers to Reduce the Reproduction of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus in Barcelona, Spain
title_sort effectiveness of the modification of sewers to reduce the reproduction of culex pipiens and aedes albopictus in barcelona, spain
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9025117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35456098
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11040423
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