Identification and characterisation of mosquitoes from different locations in Qatar in 2017–2019

Elmoubasher Abu Baker Abd Farag; Devendra Bansal; Khaled Mardini; Ali A. Sultan; Mohammed Hamad J. Al-Thani; Salih Ali Al-Marri; Mohammed Al-Hajri; Hamad Al-Romaihi; Francis Schaffner

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Article Number		84
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2021079
Published online		16 December 2021

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[1] Abdu RM, Shaumar NF. 1985. A preliminary list of the insect fauna of Qatar. Qatar University Science Bulletin, 5, 215–232. [Google Scholar]

[2] AFPMB. 1999. Regional disease vector ecology profile. The Middle East. p. 1–209. https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps28798/mid_east.pdf. [Google Scholar]

[3] Al Ahmad AM, Sallam MF, Khuriji MA, Kheir SM, Azari-Hamidian S. 2011. Checklist and pictorial key to fourth-instar larvae of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 48(4), 717–737. [Google Scholar]

[4] Alahmed AM, Munawar K, Khalil SMS, Harbach RE. 2019. Assessment and an updated list of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia. Parasites & Vectors, 12(1), 356. [Google Scholar]

[5] Anonymous. 2017. Qatar. IndexMundi. http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/qatar/. Accessed 15 April 2021. [Google Scholar]

[6] Anonymous. 2020. Qatar climate. https://en.climate-data.org/asia/qatar-183/. Accessed 15 April 2021. [Google Scholar]

[7] Becker N, Petric D, Zgomba M, Boase C, Madon M, Kaiser A. 2010. Mosquitoes and their control, 2nd edn. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg. [Google Scholar]

[8] Braks M, van der Giessen J, Kretzschmar M, van Pelt W, Scholte E-J, Reusken C, Zeller H, van Bortel W, Sprong H. 2011. Towards an integrated approach in surveillance of vector-borne diseases in Europe. Parasites & Vectors, 4(1), 192. [Google Scholar]

[9] Doosti S, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Schaffner F, Moosa-Kazemi SH, Akbarzadeh K, Gooya MM, Vatandoost H, Shirzadi MR, Mosta-Favi E. 2016. Mosquito surveillance and the first record of the invasive mosquito species Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southern Iran. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 45(8), 1064–1073. [Google Scholar]

[10] Ducheyne E, Tran Minh NN, Haddad N, Bryssinckx W, Buliva E, Simard F, Malik MR, Charlier J, De Waele V, Mahmoud O, Mukhtar M, Bouattour A, Hussain A, Hendrickx G, Roiz D. 2018. Current and future distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. International Journal of Health Geographics, 17(1), 4. [Google Scholar]

[11] Glick JI. 1992. Illustrated key to the female Anopheles of Southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 24(2), 125–153. [Google Scholar]

[12] Harbach RE. 1988. The mosquitoes of the subgenus Culex in southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 24(1), 1–240. [Google Scholar]

[13] Harbach RE. 2012. Culex pipiens: Species versus species complex – Taxonomic history and perspective. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 28(4s), 10–23. [Google Scholar]

[14] Kardousha MM. 2015. Additional records of vector mosquito diversity collected from Al Khor district of North-eastern Qatar. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 5(10), 804–807. [Google Scholar]

[15] Kardousha MM. 2016. First report of some adult mosquitoes captured by CDC gravid traps from North-Eastern Qatar. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 6(2), 100–105. [Google Scholar]

[16] Linton Y-M, Harbach RE, Seng CM, Anthony TG, Matusop A. 2001. Morphological and molecular identity of Anopheles (Cellia) sundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae), the nominotypical member of a malaria vector species complex in Southeast Asia. Systematic Entomology, 26(3), 357–366. [Google Scholar]

[17] Mathieu K, Karmali M. 2016. Vector-borne diseases, climate change and healthy urban living: Next steps. Canada Communicable Disease Report, 42(10), 219–221. [Google Scholar]

[18] Mikhail MW, Al-Bursheed KM, Abd El-Halim AS, Morsy TA. 2009. Studies on mosquito borne dieases in Egypt and Qatar. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 39(3), 745–756. [Google Scholar]

[19] Mikhail MW, Al-Bursheed KM, Allam KAM. 2007. Susceptibility of Culex pipiens complex to some insecticides in Qatar. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 37(3), 893–902. [Google Scholar]

[20] Mixão V, Bravo Barriga D, Parreira R, Novo MT, Sousa CA, Frontera E, Venter M, Braack L, Almeida APG. 2016. Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the West Nile virus mosquito vector, Culex univittatus, in the Iberian Peninsula. Parasites & Vectors, 9(1), 601. [Google Scholar]

[21] Rabab IA. 2015. The most common mosquitoes at Al-Rayyan municipality (Qatar state) and their potential for transmitting malaria. Ms Thesis. Qatar University: Doha. [Google Scholar]

[22] Robert V, Günay F, Le Goff G, Boussès P, Sulesco T, Khalin A, Medlock JM, Kampen H, Petrić D, Schaffner F. 2019. Distribution chart for Euro-Mediterranean mosquitoes (western Palaearctic region). Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 37, 1–28. [Google Scholar]

[23] Schaffner F, Angel G, Geoffroy B, Hervy J-P, Rhaiem A, Brunhes J. 2001. The Mosquitoes of Europe / Les moustiques d’Europe. IRD Editions & EID Méditerranée: Montpellier. CD-ROM [Google Scholar]

[24] Schaffner F, Bansal D, Al-Thani MHJ, Al-Romaihi H, Farag EABA. 2021. Preventing vector-borne diseases at major sport events: Addressing the challenges for FIFA 22 in Qatar. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3), e0009135. [Google Scholar]

[25] Schaffner F, Bansal D, Mardini K, Al-Marri SA, Al-Thani MHJ, Al-Romaihi H, Sultan AA, Al-Hajri M, Farag EABA. 2021. Vectors and vector-borne diseases in Qatar: current status, key challenges and future prospects. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 39(1), 3–13. [Google Scholar]

[26] Schönenberger AC, Wagner S, Tuten HC, Schaffner F, Torgerson P, Furrer S, Mathis A, Silaghi C. 2016. Host preferences in host-seeking and blood-fed mosquitoes in Switzerland. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 30(1), 39–52. [Google Scholar]

[27] Sedda L, Morley DW, Braks MAH, De Simone L, Benz D, Rogers DJ. 2014. Risk assessment of vector-borne diseases for public health governance. Public Health, 128(12), 1049–1058. [Google Scholar]

[28] Smith JL, Fonseca DM. 2004. Rapid assays for identification of members of the Culex (Culex) pipiens complex, their hybrids, and other sibling species (Diptera: culicidae). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 70(4), 339–345. [Google Scholar]

[29] Valenzuela JG, Aksoy S. 2018. Impact of vector biology research on old and emerging neglected tropical diseases. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(5), e0006365. [Google Scholar]