Observations on Released Stegomyia Aegypti (L.)

Shannon, R. C.; Burke, Aggrey W.; Davis, N. C.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1930.s1-10.145

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“…Two days after the release, one mosquito was found in a house on the western shore at a distance of 950 m from the boat, and one day later, six more were found at distances of almost one kilometer. Four days after the release, 13 other mosquitoes were captured on the eastern shore at distances between 330 m and 1 km from the boat (Shannon et al, 1930). Wiseman et al showed that Aedes aegypti is capable of crossing water up to 732 m (Wiseman et al, 1939).…”

Section: Long Distance Flightsmentioning

confidence: 98%

A Stochastic Spatial Dynamical Model for Aedes Aegypti

2008

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We develop a stochastic spatial model for Aedes aegypti populations based on the life cycle of the mosquito and its dispersal. Our validation corresponds to a monitoring study performed in Buenos Aires. Lacking information with regard to the number of breeding sites per block, the corresponding parameter (BS) was adjusted to the data. The model is able to produce numerical data in very good agreement with field results during most of the year, the exception being the fall season. Possible causes of the disagreement are discussed. We analyzed the mosquito dispersal as an advantageous strategy of persistence in the city and simulated the dispersal of females from a source to the surroundings along a 3-year period observing that several processes occur simultaneously: local extinctions, recolonization processes (resulting from flight and the oviposition performed by flyers), and colonization processes resulting from the persistence of eggs during the winter season. In view of this process, we suggest that eradication campaigns in temperate climates should be performed during the winter time for higher efficiency.

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Section: Long Distance Flightsmentioning

confidence: 98%

A Stochastic Spatial Dynamical Model for Aedes Aegypti

2008

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“…Open water and water courses seem neither a barrier nor an attraction since diurnal species have been caught many miles at sea (Headlee, 1918;Hamlyn-Harris, 1933), since staining has proved that the domestic Aedes aegypti will fly to land from a boat over half a mile across the bay (Shannon and Davis, 1930), and that Culex and Anopheles species will cross a channel over half a mile wide (Satyanarayana, 1934), and since migrating species do not follow water courses.…”

Section: Very Lowmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two sets of dissenting experiments with Culicines have bearing on this point. Shannon, Burke and Davis (1930) found that the domestic Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (= argenteus) may remain in the same house up to two weeks or may move to neighboring houses.…”

Section: Very Lowmentioning

confidence: 99%