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Rubber Plantations as a Mosquito Box Amplification in South and Southeast Asia

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Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia

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Using simple species richness index and geometric morphospaces, we compared the mosquito fauna in rubber plantations from Thailand and India and contrasted it with a fragmented forest fauna from northern Thailand. In rubber plantations, Aedes albopictus was the most frequent mosquito, together with a high proportion of filarial and malaria vectors. Because of the many breeding sites represented by the latex cups, heavy downpour during the rainy season probably transforms the rubber plantation ecosystems into mosquito-borne disease-transmitting systems. In the forest, a different composition of the mosquito fauna was observed, but A. albopictus was also the most frequent mosquito. Its presence and its different metric properties in the forest could suggest the possible existence of native populations in Thailand, in accordance with the hypothesis of its Southeast Asian origin.

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Acknowledgments

The research at Kanchanaburi station received the kind help of Rapee Boonplueang (Department of Biology), Wilai Noonpakdee (Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand), Wirat Soysaeng (Vector-Borne Disease Control Center 4.1.7 Kanchanaburi, MOPH, Thailand), and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap (Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand). The research in the northern part of Thailand was helped by Waraporn Putalun (Department of Pharmacognosy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University) and Noppawan Phumala Morales (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Sciences, Mahidol University). The study in the Kerala state of India was funded by the University Grants Commission (India). Funding for the research in the Center of Thailand came from the Senior Research Scholar Program (RTA5280007) and the TRF/BIOTEC Special Program for Biodiversity Research and Training Grant (BRT R 150011). The investigation work in northern Thailand was supported by the PHC-SIAM grant number 25646ZL, as well as by IRD grant numbers HC3165-3R165-GABI-ENT2 and HC3165-3R165-NV00- THA1.

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  1. Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Government College, Madappally, Vadakara-2, Kerala, India

    Padikkala Kandiyil Sumodan

  2. Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, University of Mahidol, Salaya, Thailand

    Ronald Morales Vargas & Anchana Sumanrote

  3. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Mahidol, Salaya, Thailand

    Jinrapa Pothikasikorn

  4. Haut Conseil de la santé publique, Ministère des affaires sociales et de la santé, Paris, France

    Régine Lefait-Robin

  5. UMR177 IRD-CIRAD INTERTRYP, TA A 17/G Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier cedex 5, France

    Jean-Pierre Dujardin

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Sumodan, P.K., Vargas, R.M., Pothikasikorn, J., Sumanrote, A., Lefait-Robin, R., Dujardin, JP. (2015). Rubber Plantations as a Mosquito Box Amplification in South and Southeast Asia. In: Morand, S., Dujardin, JP., Lefait-Robin, R., Apiwathnasorn, C. (eds) Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-527-3_10

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