Author | Freitas, Rafael Maciel de | |
Author | Eiras, Álvaro E. | |
Author | Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de | |
Access date | 2018-08-14T12:08:19Z | |
Available date | 2018-08-14T12:08:19Z | |
Document date | 2008 | |
Citation | FREITAS, Rafael Maciel de; EIRAS, Álvaro E.; OLIVEIRA, Ricardo Lourenço de. Calculating the survival rate and estimated population density of gravid Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cad. Saúde Pública, v. 24, n.12, p.2747-2754, dez, 2008. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0102-311X | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/28114 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Dengue | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Controle de mosquitos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Vetores de Doenças | pt_BR |
Title | Calculating the survival rate and estimated population density of gravid Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | pt_BR |
Alternative title | Determinação da taxa de sobrevivência e estimativa da densidade populacional de fêmeas grávidas de Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | Population size and daily survival rates of disease
vectors are important determinants of vectorial
capacity. A mark-release-recapture experiment
was conducted in a dengue endemic
urban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
to estimate population size, survival rate and
vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti females using
back-pack aspirators and gravid sticky traps
(MosquiTRAP). Estimations of the gravid female
population size were different when using data
gathered from just the MosquiTRAP (3,505 individuals)
or aspirator (1,470). However Ae. aegypti
survival rates and longevity were similar irrespective
of the method of capture. Up to 26.3%
of released females would be able to survive for
more than 10 days, the length of time of the extrinsic
incubation period. Vectorial capacity value
ranged between 0.01567 and 0.4215 and the
basic reproductive number (R0) was estimated to
be between 0.0695 and 1.88. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Disease Vectors | pt_BR |
Subject | Mosquito control | pt_BR |
Subject | Dengue | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-4464 | |