Alarcón-Elbal, Pedro MaríaDelacour, SarahRuiz-Arrondo, IgnacioCollantes, FranciscoDelgado Iniesta, Juan AntonioMorales-Bueno, JoséSánchez-López, Pedro FranciscoAmela, CarmenSierra Moros, María JoséMolina, RicardoLucientes, Javier2020-04-302020-04-302014-09Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014 Sep;109(6):782-6. Epub 2014 Sep 90074-0276http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9817In 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.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/AnimalsCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringMediterranean RegionMosquito ControlSpainAnimal DistributionInsect VectorsAtribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional253177061096782-610.1590/0074-02761402141678-8060Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzopen access