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In an effort to determine risks of infection of military personnel with mosquito borne diseases, a study was conducted on the abundance of three mosquito vectors in Okinawa, Japan. The contents of light mosquito traps located on seven military bases were examined weekly between 1988 and 1993. The author concludes that exposure risks for mosquito borne Japanese encephalitis are not uniform throughout the island of Okinawa and that the relative abundance of mosquito species which are vectors of Japanese encephalitis and malaria is changing. The implications of these findings for Japanese encephalitis immunization programs and the possible reintroduction of malaria to Okinawa by Marines returning to units from Somalia were discussed.
Military Medicine, 160(4):172-174, 1995. (11 references)
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