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1 December 2006 Physiological state of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti mosquitoes captured with MosquiTRAPs™ in Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil
Eliane A. Fávaro, Margareth R. Dibo, Adriano Mondini, Aline C. Ferreira, Angelita A. C. Barbosa, Álvaro E. Eiras, Eudina A. M. F. Barata, Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto
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Abstract

We examined the best location in a house to install MosquiTRAPs, sticky ovitraps that attract and capture Aedes aegypti females and investigated the physiological state of captured female mosquitoes. The study was performed in a twenty-block area in Mirassol, São Paulo State, Brazil, in which five blocks were randomly chosen for MosquiTRAP installation. In each block, four houses were selected for the installation of eight traps: four indoors (bedroom, living room, bathroom, and kitchen) and four outdoors in the shade (two at the front of the house and two in the backyard). These houses were visited over an eight-week period. The outdoor MosquiTRAPs captured five times more females than indoor traps and appeared to be the best places to install MosquiTRAPs. There were no significant differences among indoor sites or among outdoor sites with respect to the number of females captured. The capacity of the MosquiTRAP to capture a large number of gravid Ae. aegypti females reinforces its potential as an entomological surveillance tool in dengue control programs.

Eliane A. Fávaro, Margareth R. Dibo, Adriano Mondini, Aline C. Ferreira, Angelita A. C. Barbosa, Álvaro E. Eiras, Eudina A. M. F. Barata, and Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto "Physiological state of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti mosquitoes captured with MosquiTRAPs™ in Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Vector Ecology 31(2), 285-291, (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[285:PSOASA]2.0.CO;2
Received: 17 February 2006; Accepted: 27 June 2006; Published: 1 December 2006
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
mosquito surveillance
physiological state
sticky ovitraps
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