Rapid identification of Aedes albopictus, Aedes scutellaris, and Aedes aegypti life stages using real-time polymerase chain reaction assays

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 866-875

  Hill, Lydia A ^b   Davis, Joseph B ^a   Hapgood, George ^a   Whelan, Peter I ^c   Smith, Greg A ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Cooper, R D ^d   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Medical Entomology   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES SCUTELLARIS; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEST CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES SCUTELLARIS; SCUTELLARIS;

EID: 57649195873     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.866     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Benedict MQ, Levine RS, Hawley WA, Lounibos LP, 2007. Spread of the tiger: global risk of invasion by the mosquito Aedes albopictus. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 7: 76-85.
2. Gratz NG, 2004. Critical review of the vector status of Aedes albopictus. Med Vet Entomol 18: 215-227.
3. Almeida AP, Baptista SS, Sousa CA, Novo MT, Ramos HC, Panella NA, Godsey M, Simões MJ, Anselmo ML, Komar N, Mitchell CJ, Ribeiro H. 2005. Bioecology and vectorial capacity of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Macao, China, in relation to dengue virus transmission. J Med Entomol 42: 419-428.
4. Effler PV, Pang L, Kitsutani P, Vorndam V, Nakata M, Ayers T, Elm J, Tom T, Reiter P. Rigau-Perez JG, Hayes JM, Mills K, Napier M, Clark GG, Gubler DJ. 2005. Dengue fever, Hawaii, 2001-2002. Emerg Infect Dis 11: 742-749.
5. Reiter P, Fontenille D, Paupy C, 2006. Aedes albopictus as an epidemic vector of chikungunya virus: another emerging problem? Lancet Infect Dis 6: 463-464.
6. Vazeille M, Moutailler S, Coudrier D, Rousseaux C, Khun H, Huerre M, Thiria J, Dehecq JS, Fontenille D, Schuffenecker I, Despres P, Failloux AB, 2007. Two Chikungunya isolates from the outbreak of La Reunion (Indian Ocean) exhibit different patterns of infection in the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. PLoS ONE 2: e1168.
7. Rezza G, Nicoletti L, Angelini R, Romi R, Finarelli AC, Panning M, Cordioli P, Fortuna C, Boros S, Magurano F, Silvi G, Angelini P, Dottori M, Ciufolini MG, Majori GC, Cassone A, 2007. Infection with Chikungunya virus in Italy: an outbreak in a temperate region. Lancet 370: 1840-1846.
8. Whelan P, Hapgood G, 2001. A mosquito survey of Dili, East Timor, and implications for disease control. Arbovirus Res Ausi 8: 405-416.
9. Schoenig E, 1972. Distribution of 3 species of Aedes (Stegomyia) carriers of virus diseases on the main island of Papua and New Guinea. Philipp Sci 9: 61-82.
10. Kay BH, Prakash G, Andre RG, 1995. Aedes albopictus and Aedes (Stegomyia) species in Fiji. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 11: 230-234.
11. Elliot SA, 1980. Aedes albopictus in the Solomon and Santa Cruz islands, South Pacific. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 74: 747-748.
12. Cooper RD, Waterson DGE, Kupo M, Sweeney AW, 1994. Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea and the threat of its introduction to Australia. J Aust Entomol Assoc 33: 115-116.
13. Russell RC, Williams CR, Sutherst RW, Ritchie SA, 2005. Aedes (Siegomyia) albopictus - a dengue threat for southern Australia. Comm Dis Intell 29: 296-298.
14. Mitchell CJ, Gubler DJ, 1987. Vector competence of geographic strains of Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiensis and certain other Aedes (Siegomyia) mosquitoes for Ross River virus. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 3: 142-147.
15. Ritchie SA, Moore P, Carruthers M, Williams C, Montgomery B, Foley P, Ahboo S, van den Hurk AF, Lindsay MD, Cooper B. Beebe N, Russell RC, 2006. Discovery of a widespread infestation of Aedes albopictus in the Torres Strait, Australia. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 22: 358-365.
16. Rai KS, Pashley DP, Munstermann LE, 1982. Genetics of speciation in Aedine mosquitoes. Steiner WM, Tabachnick WJ, Rai KS, Narang S, eds. Recent Developments in the Genetics of Insect Disease Vectors. Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishers, 84-129.
17. Lee DJ, Hicks MM, Griffiths M, Debenham ML, Bryan JH, Russell RC, Geary M, Marks EN, 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region, Vol. 4. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service Press.
18. Huang YM, 1972. The subgenus Siegomyia of Aedes in Southeast Asia. 1 - The Scutellaris group of species. Contrib Am Entomol Inst 9: 1-109.
19. Lamche GD, Whelan Pl, 2003. Variability of larval identification characters of exotic Aedes albopictus (Skuse) intercepted in Darwin. Northern Territory. Comm Dis Intell 27: 105-109.
20. Beebe NW, Whelan PI, van den Hurk AF, Ritchie SA, Corcoran S, Cooper RD, 2007. A polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic to identify larvae and eggs of container mosquito species from the Australian region. J Med Entomol 44: 376-380.
21. Sinclair D, 1992. The distribution of Aedes aegypti and dengue in Queensland, 1990-June 30. 1992. Arbovirus Res Aust 6: 323.
22. Beebe NW, Whelan PI, van den Hurk A, Ritchie SA, Cooper RD, 2005. Genetic diversity of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring. Comm Dis Intell 29: 299-304.
23. Beebe NW, Cooper RD, Foley DH, Ellis JT. 2000. Populations of the south-west Pacific malaria vector Anopheles farauti s.s. revealed by ribosomal DNA transcribed spacer polymorphisms. Heredity 84: 244-253.
24. Heid CA, Stevens J, Livak KJ, Williams PM. 1996. Real time quantitative PCR. Genome Res 6: 986-994.
25. Livak KJ, Flood SJA, Marmaro J, Giusti W, Deetz K. 1995. Oligonucleotides with fluorescent dyes at opposite ends provide a quenched probe system useful for detecting PCR product and nucleic acid hybridization. PCR Methods Appl 4: 357-362.
26. Smith G, Smith I, Harrower B, Warrilow D, Bletchly C. 2006. A simple method for preparing synthetic controls for conventional and real-time PCR for the identification of endemic and exotic disease agents. J Virol Methods 135: 229-234.
27. Rutledge RG, Côté C, 2003. Mathematics of quantitative kinetic PCR and the application of standard curves. Nucleic Acids Res 31: e93.
28. Bass C, Williamson MS, Wilding CS, Donnelly MJ, Field LM. 2007. Identification of the main malaria vectors in the Anopheles gambiae species complex using a TaqMan real-time PCR assay. Malar J 6: 155.
29. Marks EN. 1980. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Stevens NC, Bailey A. eds. Contemporary Cape York Peninsula. Brisbane: The Royal Society of Queensland, 59-76.
30. Sanogo YO, Kim CH, Lampman R, Novak RJ. 2007. A real-time TaqMan polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Culex vectors of West Nile and Saint Louis encephalitis viruses in North America. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77: 58-66.