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1 June 2008 Assessment of entomological indicators of Aedes aegypti (L.) from adult and egg collections in São Paulo, Brazil
Eliane A. Fávaro, Adriano Mondini, Margareth R. Dibo, Angelita A. C. Barbosa, Álvaro E. Eiras, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto
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We compared the presence and mean number of eggs from oviposition traps with the mean number of Aedes aegypti females captured by manual aspirators and by MosquiTRAPs™ to determine the sensitivity of each method and to standardize each indicator. The collections of adults and eggs were performed over 23 weeks in six neighborhoods of Mirassol, state of São Paulo, Brazil. A better assessment of indicators required larger number of MosquiTRAPs, but to quantify the number of females per house, one trap was sufficient. The sensitivities of MosquiTRAPs and manual aspirations to detect the presence of A. aegypti females were similar, but were lower compared to oviposition traps. The correlation coefficients between the number of females captured by MosquiTRAPs and manual aspirations and the number of eggs from oviposition traps were low, which may be a consequence of each method showing different stages of the mosquito life cycle.

Eliane A. Fávaro, Adriano Mondini, Margareth R. Dibo, Angelita A. C. Barbosa, Álvaro E. Eiras, and Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto "Assessment of entomological indicators of Aedes aegypti (L.) from adult and egg collections in São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Vector Ecology 33(1), 8-16, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[8:AOEIOA]2.0.CO;2
Received: 16 January 2007; Accepted: 1 October 2007; Published: 1 June 2008
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
mosquito surveillance
sticky ovitraps
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