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. 2013 Nov 6;6(1):321.
doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-321.

Study of the distribution and abundance of the eggs of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus according to the habitat and meteorological variables, municipality of São Sebastião, São Paulo State, Brazil

Lígia Leandro Nunes Serpa  1 , Gisela Rita Alvarenga Monteiro Marques, Ana Paula de Lima, Júlio Cesar Voltolini, Marylene de Brito Arduino, Gerson Laurindo Barbosa, Valmir Roberto Andrade, Virgília Luna Castor de Lima
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Study of the distribution and abundance of the eggs of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus according to the habitat and meteorological variables, municipality of São Sebastião, São Paulo State, Brazil

Lígia Leandro Nunes Serpa et al. Parasit Vectors. .

Abstract

Background: This study focused on the distribution and abundance of the eggs of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

Methods: Eighty ovitraps were exposed for four days of each month in peri- and intradomiciliary environments of 40 urban residences on 20 street blocks that were drawn monthly in Sebastião, SP, between February 2011 and February 2012. The monthly distribution of positive ovitrap indices (POI) and mean egg counts per trap (MET) of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by the Dwass-Steel-Critchlow-Fligner (DSCF) test. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and simple linear regression were used to determine the association between the meteorological variables of temperature and rainfall and the number of ovitraps with eggs and the egg count.

Results: The POI and MET of Ae. aegypti were higher in peridomiciliary premises. A positive correlation was found between the temperature and the number of ovitraps with eggs and the egg count of this species in domestic environments. There was no difference in the POI and MET of Ae. albopictus between the environments. A positive correlation was found between temperature and positive ovitraps of Ae. albopictus in peridomiciliary premises. The POI and MET of Ae. aegypti were higher than those of Ae. albopictus.

Conclusions: Peridomiciliary premises were the preferred environments for oviposition of Ae. aegypti. The use of ovitraps for surveillance and vector control is reiterated.

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Figure 1
Image of the study area in the municipality of São Sebastião.
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Figure 2
llustrative photo of the ovitrap with oviposition substratum.
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Figure 3
Monthly distribution of POI and MET according to the Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus species.
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Figure 4
Monthly distribution of POI and MET of Ae. aegypti compared to those of Ae. albopictus.
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