Avaliação da Presença de Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) e Aedes albopictus (Skuse) no Município de Vassouras, RJ, Brasil

Abstract

Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar a presença das formas imaturas de Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) e Aedes albopictus (Skuse) no Município de Vassouras, RJ, Brasil. O levantamento foi realizado no período de junho de 2008 a maio de 2010, em sete pontos pré-determinados do município, com coletas semanais utilizando como metodologia de captura de larvas armadilhas de pneus contendo infusão de capim. Os resultados mostraram positividade de Ae. aegypti e Ae. albopictus em todos os pontos analisados e preferencialmente nos meses dezembro, janeiro e março.
 Evaluating the Presence of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in Vassouras City, RJ, Brazil
 Abstract. This study aimed to verify the presence of immature forms of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in the Vassouras City, RJ, Brazil. The survey was conducted from June 2008 to May 2010 in seven pre-determined points of the city, with weekly collections using a capturing larval methodology of the traps tires containing grass infusion. The results showed positive for Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus at all points analyzed and preferably in the months December, January and March.

Potential breeding containers of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) at strategic points in a city in the eastern region of Maranhão

“…Tires are considered containers with ideal characteristics for the reproduction of these mosquitoes in urban environments. This type of breeding site has a large capacity to store water, it is dark in color and it has a cover that provides shading on the inside, thus providing low evaporation that enhance the development of immature (Lutinski et al, 2018;Pinheiro et al, 2014;WHO, 2009). Other authors also highlighted in their studies the preference of immature for tires-type containers, evidencing the preference of these vectors for that type of container as the main reproduction habitat (Lizuain et al, 2019;Shriram et al, 2018).…”

Mosquitex, a new tool for capturing Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) (Diptera: Culicidae)

“…Since the beginning there has been great concern about eradicating Ae. aegypti (Lima et al 1989), due to repeated epidemics and its ease of adapting in urban centers (Nelson 1986). After several attempts, actions and programs, the Ministry of Health in 2002 created the "Programa Nacional de Combate da Dengue" (PNCD) (Brasil 2002), that carries out actions to help control the vector, promoting educational campaigns, information and counting on the involvement of the population, community health agents and Family Health Programs (Brasil 2009).…”

“…In ovitraps, a type of mosquito trap in which the eggs of Ae. aegypti are deposited in these containers, enables the analysis of variations in the population in each location, and are widely used to start a colony in laboratory and in vector dispersion studies (Fay & Perry 1965;Honorio & Lourenço-de-Oliveira 2001;Oliveira & Maleck 2014).…”