Density of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and its association with number of residents and meteorological variables in the home environment of dengue endemic area, São Paulo, Brazil

• Published in: Parasites & vectors 2015-02, Vol.8 (1), p.115-115, Article 115
• Main Authors: Rodrigues, Marianni de Moura, Marques, Gisela Rita Alvarenga Monteiro, Serpa, Lígia Leandro Nunes, Arduino, Marylene de Brito, Voltolini, Júlio Cesar, Barbosa, Gerson Laurindo, Andrade, Valmir Roberto, de Lima, Virgília Luna Castor
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Aedes - growth & development; Aedes - virology; Aedes aegypti; Animals; Brazil - epidemiology; Cities; Culicidae; Dengue; Dengue - epidemiology; Dengue - transmission; Dengue Virus - physiology; Endemic Diseases; Entomological indicator; Environment; Female; Housing; Humans; Insect Vectors - growth & development; Insect Vectors - virology; Male; Meteorological variables; Mosquito Control; Population Density; Vector control
• ISSN: 1756-3305; 1756-3305
• DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0703-y

Measure the populations of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus adults according to sex and location inside or outside the residence, estimate Ae. aegypti female density per house and per resident, and test the association with abiotic factors. Adult mosquitoes were collected monthly with a hand net and portable electric catcher in the peridomiciliary and intradomiciliary premises of residences in an urban area with ongoing dengue transmission in the municipality of São Sebastião, Brazil, from February 2011 to February 2012. Of the 1,320 specimens collected, 1,311 were Ae. aegypti, and nine were Ae. albopictus. A total of 653 male and 658 female of Ae. aegypti were recorded, of which 80% were intradomiciliary. The mean density of Ae. aegypti adult females was 1.60 females/house and 0.42 females/resident. There was an association between the number of females and the number of residents in both intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary premises (r(2) = 0.92; p