Adult mosquito control: Refereed journal articles

Nov 17, 2014

Listed below are articles or links to articles pertaining to adult mosquito control. All articles are from peer-reviewed journals or professional conference proceedings. Articles are categorized into four groupings:

• Environmental toxicology
  
• Human toxicology and risk assessment
  
• Adult mosquito control and disease transmission
  
• General
  

Some articles are in PDF format, whereas for others, a link to the article is provided. For these articles, additional steps may be needed to access the full article; the link generally provides the abstract only.

Environmental Toxicology

• Toxicity of d-phenothrin and resmethrin to non-target insects.
  Source: Pest Management Science 65: 300-305. 2009
  Lead Author: Antwi, F.B.
  
  
• Effect of piperonyl butoxide on permethrin toxicity in the amphipod Hyalella azteca.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25: 1817-1825. 2006.
  Lead Author: Amweg, E.L
  
  
• Toxicity and risk of permethrin and naled to non-target insects after adult mosquito management
  Source: Springer Science April 2010
  Lead Author: Jerome J. Schleier III
  
  
• Concentrations of insecticides in selected surface water bodies in Suffolk County, New York, before and after mosquito spraying, 2002-04.
  Source: USGS Open File Report 2005.-1384. 2005.
  Lead Author: Abbene, I.J.
  
  
• Toxicity of pyrethroids to marine invertebrates and fish: A literature review and test results with sediment-sorbed chemicals.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 8: 393-401. 1989.
  Lead Author: Clark, J.R.
  
  
• Toxicology of synthetic pyrethroids in aquatic organisms: An overview.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 8: 671-679. 1989.
  Lead Author: Coats, J.R.
  
  
• Comparative acute toxicities of several pesticides and metals to Mysidopsis bahia and postlarval Penaeus duorarum.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 13: 1867-1872. 1994.
  Lead Author: Cripe, G.M.
  
  
• Effects of single and multiple applications of mosquito insecticides on nontarget arthropods.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 24: 270-280. 2008.
  Lead Author: Davis, R.S.
  
  
• Acute, chronic, and sublethal effects of synthetic pyrethroids of freshwater zooplankton.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 8: 411-416. 1989.
  Lead Author: Day, K.E.
  
  
• Piperonyl butoxide environmental risk assessment. Provided to SRRD by EFED's Piperonyl butoxide RED team.
  Source: Provided to USEPA 2004, rev. 2005.
  Lead Author: Eckel, W.P.
  
  
• Impact assessment of spray drift from silvicultural aerial applications of permethrin on aquatic invertebrates using mosquito bioassays.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 12: 1635-1642. 1993.
  Lead Author: Helson, B.V.
  
  
• The use of bioassays to assess aquatic arthropod mortality from permethrin drift deposits.
  Source: Aquatic Toxicology. 9: 253-262. 1986.
  Lead Author: Helson, B.V.
  
  
• Effects of ultra-low volume pyrethrin, malathion and permethrin on nontarget invertebrates, sentinel mosquitoes and mosquitofish in seasonally impounded wetlands
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 15: 330-338. 1999.
  Lead Author: Jensen, T.
  
  
• Deposition of malathion and permethrin on sod grass after single, ultra-low volume applications in suburban neighborhood in Michigan.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 12: 45-51. 1996
  Lead Author: Knepper, R.G.
  
  
• Mortality of nontarget arthropods from an aerial application of pyrethrins.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 25: 218-220. 2009
  Lead Author: Kwan, J.A.
  
  
• Does synergized pyrethrin applied over wetlands for mosquito control affect Daphnia magna zooplankton or Callibaetis californicus mayflies?
  Source: Pest Management Science 64: 843-847. 2008.
  Lead Author: Lawler, S.P.
  
  
• Deposition of pyrethrins and pipronyl butoxide following aerial ultra-low volume applications in the Coachella Valley, California.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 23: 213-219. 2007.
  Lead Author: Lothrop, H.D
  
  
• Evaluating mosquito control pesticides for effect on target and non-target organisms.
  Source: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 39: 324-328. 2000.
  Lead Author: Milam, C.D.
  
  
• Aerial and tidal transport of mosquito control pesticides into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
  Source: Revista Biologia Tropical 53: 117-125. 2005. (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation)
  Lead Author: Pierce, R.H.
  
  
• Acute toxicity, bioconcentration, and toxicity of AC 222,705, benthiocarb, chlorpyriphos, fenvalerate, methyl parathion, and permethrin in the estuarine environment.
  Source: Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 31: 104-113. 1983.
  Lead Author: Schimmel, S.C.
  
  
• Environmental concentrations, fate, and risk assessment or pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide after aerial ultralow-volume applications for adult mosquito management.
  Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 27: 1063-1068. 2008.
  Lead Author: Schleier III, J.J.
  
  
• Impact of a pulse application permethrin on a macroinvertebrate community in a headwater stream.
  Source: Environmental Pollution 70: 35-55. 1991.
  Lead Author: Sibley, P.K.
  
  
• Toxicity of organophosphorous insecticides to estuarine copepods and young fish after field applications.
  Source: Journal of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Assn. 59: 1-6. 1987.
  Lead Author: Tucker, J.W.
  
  
• Effects of the insecticide cypermethrin on a freshwater community studied under field conditions. II. Direct and indirect effects on species composition.
  Source: Aquatic Toxicology 63: 373-389. 2003.
  Lead Author: Wendt-Rasch, L
  
  
• Effects of permethrin on aquatic organisms In a freshwater stream in South-Central Alaska.
  Source: Journal of Economic Entomology. 85: 860-864. 1992.
  Lead Author: Werner, R.A.
  
  
• Aquatic effects of aerial spraying for mosquito control over an urban area.
  Source: Environmental Science and Technology 40: 5817-5822. 2006.
  Lead Author: Weston, D.P.
  
  
• Aquatic toxicity due to residential use of pyrethroid insecticides.
  Source: Environmental Science and Technology. 39: 9778-9784. 2005.
  Lead Author: Weston, D.P.
  
  
• Distribution and toxicity of sediment-associated pesticides in agriculture-dominated water bodies of California's central valley.
  Source: Environmental Science and Technology. 38: 2752-2759. 2004.
  Lead Author: Weston, D.P.
  
  
• Impact of West Nile virus on California birds.
  Source: Proceedings and Papers of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. 76: 77-78. 2008
  Lead Author: Wheeler, S.S.
  
  
• Impact of naled on honey bee (Apis mellifera) L. survival and productivity: Aerial ULV application using a flat-fan nozzle system.
  Source: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 45: 216-220. 2003.
  Lead Author: Zhong, H.
  
  
• Acute toxicity of resmethrin, malathion, and methoprene to larval and juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus) and analysis of pesticide levels in surface water after Scourge?, Anvil?, and Altosid? application.
  Source: Journal of Shellfish Research 24: 795-804. 2005.
  Lead Author: Zulkosky, A.M.
  
  
• Residential runoff as a source of pyrethroid pesticides to urban creeks.
  Source: Environmental Pollution 157: 287-294. 2009.
  Lead Author: Weston, D.P.
  
  
• Pyrethroid Insecticides and Sediment Toxicology in Urban Creeks in California and Tennessee.
  Source: Environmental Science and Technology. 40: 1700-1706. 2006.
  Lead Author: Amweg, E.L.
  

Human Toxicology and Risk Assessment

• Correlation Between Aerial Insecticide Spraying to Interrupt West Nile Virus Transmission and Emergency Department Visits in Sacramento County, California
  Source: Public Health Reports / May-June 2013
  Lead Author: Estella M. Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, GISP
  
  
• A dietary risk assessment of the pyrethroid insecticide resmethrin associated with its use for West Nile virus mosquito control in California.
  Source: The Scientific World Journal (2006) 6: 279-290. 2006.
  Lead Author: Carr, W.C. Jr.
  
  
• Surveillance for acute insecticide-related illness associated with mosquito-control efforts---nine states, 1999-2002.
  Source: Morbidity and Mortality 52: 629-634. 2003.
  Lead Author: Center for Disease Control
  
  
• The effect of pesticide spraying on the rate and severity of ED asthma.
  Source: American Journal of Emergency Medicine 23: 463-467. 2005.
  Lead Author: Chin-Yet O'Sullivan, B.
  
  
• An ecological risk assessment for insecticides used in adult mosquito management.
  Source: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 3: 373-382. 2007.
  Lead Author: Davis, R.S.
  
  
• The binding properties of pyrethroids to human skin fibroblast androgen receptors and to sex hormone binding globulin.
  Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 35: 409-414. 1990.
  Lead Author: Eil, C.
  
  
• Human exposure to malathion during a possible vector-control intervention against West Nile virus. I. Methodological framework For exposure assessment.
  Source: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 14: 1118-1137. 2008
  Lead Author: Gosselin, N.H.
  
  
• Pesticide spraying for West Nile virus control and emergency department asthma visits in New York City, 2000.
  Source: Environmental Health Perspectives. 112: 1183-1187. 2004.
  Lead Author: Karpati, A.M.
  
  
• Risk assessments for exposure of deployed military personnel to insecticides and protective measures used for disease-vector management.
  Source: Journal of Environmental Health, Part A. 70: 1758-1771. 2007.
  Lead Author: Macedo, P.A.
  
  
• A human health risk assessment for West Nile virus and insecticides used in mosquito Management.
  Source: Environmental Health Perspectives 114: 366-372. 2006.
  Lead Author: Peterson, R.K.
  
  
• Communicating Pesticide Risks.
  Source: American Entomologist 39: 206-211. 1993.
  Lead Author: Peterson, R.K.
  
  
• Deposition and air concentration of permthrin and naled used for adult mosquito management.
  Source: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: Online first 2009.
  Lead Author: Schleier III, J.J
  
  
• A two-dimensional probabilistic acute human-health risk assessment of insecticide exposure after adult mosquito management.
  Source: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 23: 555-563. 2009.
  Lead Author: Schleier III, J.J.
  
  
• A probabilistic risk assessment for deployed military personnel after implementation of the "Leishmaniasis control program" at Tallil Air Base, Iraq.
  Source: Journal of Medical Entomology 46: 693-702. 2009.
  Lead Author: Schleier III, J.J.
  
  
• Human health risk assessment of aerial adulticiding conducted in 2007 in Sacramento county.
  Source: Proceedings and Papers of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. 76: 71-72. 2008
  Lead Author: Shama, L.M.
  
  
• Identifying West Nile virus risk areas: The dynamic continuous-area space-time system.
  Source: American Journal of Epidemiology 157: 843-854. 2003.
  Lead Author: Theophilides, C.N.
  
  
• Human exposure to malathion during a possible vector-control intervention against West Nile virus II. Evaluation of the toxicological risks using a probabilistic approach.
  Source: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 14: 1138-1158. 2008.
  Lead Author: Valacke, M.
  

Adult Mosquito Control and Disease Transmission

• Efficacy of aerial spraying of mosquito adulticide in reducing incidence of West Nile virus.
  Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases 14: 747-754. 2008.
  Lead Author: Carney, R.M.
  
  
• Impact of aerial spraying of insecticide on Culex pipiens and Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) Abundance and West Nile virus infection rates in an urban/suburban area of Sacramento County, California.
  Source: Journal of Medical Entomology 45: 751-757. 2008.
  Lead Author: Elnaiem, D.A.
  
  
• The epidemiology of St. Louis encephalitis in Dallas, Texas, 1966.
  Source: American Journal of Epidemiology 102: 1-15. 1975.
  Lead Author: Hopkins, C.C.
  
  
• Impact of West Nile virus outbreak upon St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 21: 33-38. 2005.
  Lead Author: Palmisano, C.T.
  
  

General Reference

• Prevalence of West Nile virus in tree canopy-inhabiting Culex pipiens and associated mosquitoes.
  Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 71: 112-119. 2004.
  Lead Author: Anderson, J.F.
  
  
• Strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of arbovirus diseases in Western North America.
  Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 37 (suppl): 775-865. 1987.
  Lead Author: Eldridge, B.F.
  
  
• A critical review of ultralow-volume aerosols of insecticide applied with vehicle-mounted generators for adult mosquito control.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 14: 305-334. 1998.
  Lead Author: Mount, G.A.
  
  
• A review of ultralow-volume aerial sprays of insecticide for mosquito control.
  Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assn. 12: 601-618. 1996.
  Lead Author: Mount, G.A.
  
  
• Mortality risk in insects.
  Source: Environmental Entomology 38: 2-20. 2009.
  Lead Author: Peterson, R.K.
  

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