Publication: Updated distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Spain: new findings in the mainland Spanish Levante, 2013
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2014-09
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Alarcón-Elbal, Pedro María
Delacour, Sarah
Ruiz-Arrondo, Ignacio
Collantes, Francisco
Delgado Iniesta, Juan Antonio
Morales-Bueno, José
Sánchez-López, Pedro Francisco
Amela, Carmen ISCIII 
Sierra Moros, María José
Molina, Ricardo ISCIII 
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
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In 2004, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) was observed for the first time in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. A decade later, it has spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean region of the country and the Balearic Islands. Framed within a national surveillance project, we present the results of monitoring in 2013 in the autonomous communities of the mainland Levante. The current study reveals a remarkable increase in the spread of the invasive mosquito in relation to results from 2012; the species was present and well-established in 48 municipalities, most of which were along the Mediterranean coastline from the Valencian Community to the Region of Murcia.
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014 Sep;109(6):782-6. Epub 2014 Sep 9