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Table 1 Entomological and epidemiological profile of most important pathogens and mosquito species controlled at Anastasia Mosquito Control District and Service of National Malaria Eradication

From: Vector control programs in Saint Johns County, Florida and Guayas, Ecuador: successes and barriers to integrated vector management

Study site

Disease ( Pathogen)

Vector

Reservoir host (dead-end host)

Ecology

Epidemiology

AMCD

Dengue (Flavivirus)

Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus

Human (human)

Suburban and urban

Epidemic

 

West Nile virus (Flavievirus)

Culex nigripalpus, Cx. quinquefasciatus

Birds (human-horses)

Suburban

Endemic

 

Eastern equine encephalitis (Alphavirus)

Culiseta melanura

Birds (human-horses)

Suburban

Endemic

SNEM

Dengue (Flavivirus)

Aedes aegypti

Human (human)

Domestic suburban and urban

Endemic, epidemic

 

Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)

Anopheles albimanus, An. pseudopunctipennis, An. darlingi, An. punctimacula

Human (human)

Rural and suburban settings

Endemic

 

Yellow fever (Flavivirus)

Aedes aegypti

Human (human)

Rural in Amazon region

Endemic