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■Bio-mathematics, Statistics and Nano-Technologies: Mosquito Control Strategies

4.16.3

Study site

The data on the collected mosquitos were set at the most appropriate sites from our

long year’s study on the adult and larvae mosquito collection from the Institute of Public

Health Albania. Those data were collected from:

• Lushnje: Divjaka Beach and Resort, coastal area some of the characteristics of the

habitat were the high and dense coniferous forest of pines, sandy ground composi-

tion, presence of recreational areas and settlements, high presence of larval breeding

sites inside the forest (where human penetration is impossible), presence of nocturnal

and diurnal mosquitos.

• Durres urban coastal area: some of the characteristics of the habitat were

high, dense and isolated deciduous forest, sandy ground composition, urban area

with dense human settlements, presence of larval breeding sites inside the forest

and human houses (manmade hole, basement), presence of nocturnal and diurnal

mosquitos.

• Fier: Darzeze Beach and Resort, coastal area some of the characteristics of the habi-

tat were the high and dense coniferous forest of pines, sandy ground composition,

presence of recreational areas and settlements, high presence of larval breeding sites

inside the forest (where human penetration is impossible), presence of nocturnal and

diurnal mosquitos.

4.16.4

Technique used to measure the mosquito landing bites rates

The human landing catch counts the number of bites from female adult mosquitos in

human bared limbs in a specified period of time; generally, it is measured with the number

of bites/men/hour. The picture 4.11 show the mosquito suction with mechanical aspirator.

At the same site, other traps for adults’ collection and eggs collection were used.

As mosquito collection is varied and different for species; this was done to compare the

attractiveness, trappability and capturability of adults’ mosquito related to methods used

for their collection (Rogozi 2012ab). The other techniques of the adult, larvae, pupae and

mosquito eggs collection were performed parallel in the same sites where the human land-

ing catch collection method was tested. This was, to see a broad collection way in order to

capture a broad range of mosquito species in the most appropriate sites. As well, the differ-

ent collection techniques were used to see attractiveness of adult mosquitos and to reveal

the species most present with the most antropophilic behavior features (Rogozi 2012ab).

Several types of mosquito species do not feed on human blood, as they are better

attracted by birds, the so-called the mosquito with ornitophilic behavior. Several other

species take blood from animals, cattle, domestic animals etc. (Rogozi 2012ab). The ones

that are of our study interests are only the antropophilic behavior. Mainly the widest spread

mosquitos in Albania are Aedes caspius, Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens. But,as well,

several other species, which are less abundant than the three above mentioned species, are

the ones of the genera like Uranotaenia, Culiseta, Anopheles,Coquillettidia etc.