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Title:		A Mark-Release-Recapture Study to Estimate Field Performance of Imported Radio-Sterilized Male Aedes albopictus in Albania
Author(s):		Velo E; Balestrino F; Kadriaj P; Carvalho DO; Dicko A; Bellini R; Puggioli A; Petric D; Michaelakis A; Schaffner F; Almenar D; Pajovic I; Beqirllari A; Ali M; Sino G; Rogozi E; Jani V; Nikolla A; Porja T; Goga T; Falcua E; Kavran M; Pudar D; Mikov O; Ivanova-Aleksandrova N; Cvetkovikj A; Akiner MM; Mikovic R; Tafaj L; Bino S; Bouyer J; Mamai W;
Address:		"Department of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania. Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria. Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Italy), Crevalcore, Italy. Statistics for Development-STATS4D, Sacre Coeur III, Dakar, Senegal. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. Scient.Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifissia, Greece. Francis Schaffner Consultancy, Riehen, Switzerland. Empresa de Transformacion Agraria S.A., S.M.E, M.P. (TRAGSA), Paterna, Spain. Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro. Invent' Ltd., Tirana, Albania. Local Health Care Unit of Lezhe, LezhA, Albania. Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 'MeteoAlb' Politechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania. Aide to the Prime Minister, Albania Department of Risk Communication and Community Engagement, WHE Balkan Hub, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Belgrade, Serbia. 'Cantacuzino' National Military-Medical Institute for Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania. National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria. Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia. Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey. Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory, Podgorica, Montenegro. Institute for Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Yaounde, Cameroon"
Journal Title:		Front Bioeng Biotechnol
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220816
Issue:
Page Number:		833698 -
DOI:		10.3389/fbioe.2022.833698
ISSN/ISBN:		2296-4185 (Print) 2296-4185 (Electronic) 2296-4185 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The pathogen transmitting Aedes albopictus mosquito is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting millions of humans and animals at risk. This species is well-established in Albania since its first detection in 1979. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is increasingly gaining momentum worldwide as a component of area-wide-integrated pest management. However, estimating how the sterile males will perform in the field and the size of target populations is crucial for better decision-making, designing and elaborating appropriate SIT pilot trials, and subsequent large-scale release strategies. A mark-release-recapture (MRR) experiment was carried out in Albania within a highly urbanized area in the city of Tirana. The radio-sterilized adults of Ae. albopictus Albania strain males were transported by plane from Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (CAA) mass-production facility (Bologna, Italy), where they were reared. In Albania, sterile males were sugar-fed, marked with fluorescent powder, and released. The aim of this study was to estimate, under field conditions, their dispersal capacity, probability of daily survival and competitiveness, and the size of the target population. In addition, two adult mosquito collection methods were also evaluated: BG-Sentinel traps baited with BG-Lure and CO(2,) (BGS) versus human landing catch (HLC). The overall recapture rates did not differ significantly between the two methods (2.36% and 1.57% of the total male released were recaptured respectively by BGS and HLC), suggesting a similar trapping efficiency under these conditions. Sterile males traveled a mean distance of 93.85 +/- 42.58 m and dispersed up to 258 m. Moreover, they were observed living in the field up to 15 days after release with an average life expectancy of 4.26 +/- 0.80 days. Whether mosquitoes were marked with green, blue, yellow, or pink, released at 3.00 p.m. or 6.00 p.m., there was no significant difference in the recapture, dispersal, and survival rates in the field. The Fried competitiveness index was estimated at 0.28. This mark-release-recapture study provided important data for better decision-making and planning before moving to pilot SIT trials in Albania. Moreover, it also showed that both BG-traps and HLC were successful in monitoring adult mosquitoes and provided similar estimations of the main entomological parameters needed"
Keywords:		BG sentinel trap Sterile Insect Technique competitiveness dispersal management mosquitoes pest survival;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEVelo, Enkelejda Balestrino, Fabrizio Kadriaj, Perparim Carvalho, Danilo Oliveira Dicko, Ahmadou Bellini, Romeo Puggioli, Arianna Petric, Dusan Michaelakis, Antonios Schaffner, Francis Almenar, David Pajovic, Igor Beqirllari, Alfred Ali, Migel Sino, Gjergji Rogozi, Elton Jani, Vjola Nikolla, Adelina Porja, Tanja Goga, Thanas Falcua, Elena Kavran, Mihaela Pudar, Dubravka Mikov, Ognyan Ivanova-Aleksandrova, Nadya Cvetkovikj, Aleksandar Akiner, Muhammet Mustafa Mikovic, Rados Tafaj, Lindita Bino, Silva Bouyer, Jeremy Mamai, Wadaka eng 001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International Switzerland 2022/09/03 Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Aug 16; 10:833698. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.833698. eCollection 2022"