Surveillance of invasive mosquitoes along Swiss highways

28/09/2020

The tiger mosquito has been able to spread quickly across Europe by taking advantage of passages offered by means of transport. The important vehicular traffic on Swiss highways is therefore one of the primary entry points for the tiger mosquito. For this reason, since 2013 the Swiss Mosquito Network has been monitoring the presence of tiger mosquitoes and other invasive mosquitoes in the main Swiss highways rest areas (https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008705).