TITLE:
Effectiveness of Copepod, Acanthocyclops vernalis on Dengue Fever Victor, Aedes aegypti under Laboratory Conditions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Ahmed M. Alshammari, Abdullah S. Alshammari, Adel A. Abdelmageed, Ashraf A. Mangoud, Naimah A. Al Anazi, Fahad S. Al-Zahrani
KEYWORDS:
Copepods, Acanthocyclops vernalis, Dengue Fever, Aedes aegypti, Biological Control
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ecology,
Vol.5 No.7,
July
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: A. aegypti, the primary carrier
for dengue viruses that cause dengue fever and are widespread over large areas
of the tropics and subtropics. The copepod, Acanthocyclops vernalis was collected
from a pond located in Hail, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia. A. aegypti colonies established from Laboratory of Public Health Pests, Jeddah Municipality, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia. In the laboratory, the predatory capacity of copepod
predator A. vernalis tested on first and second instars of Aedes
aegypti. A single adult female of A. vernalis was tested against 50
larvae of A.
aegypti in case the
presence and absence of an alternative food. Several doses of A. vernalis (10, 15, 20 and 25 adults) against 100 larvae of mosquito were
tested also in case
the presence and absence of an alternative food under laboratory
conditions.