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. 2025 Jun;31(6):1256-1257.
doi: 10.3201/eid3106.241052.

Aedes aegypti Mosquito Detection at Bus Stations, Bogota, Colombia, 2023-2024

Andrea Villamizar Gomez, Sandra Patricia Pérez Español, Marco Alexander Figueroa Caicedo, Andrea Camila Márquez Nossa

Aedes aegypti Mosquito Detection at Bus Stations, Bogota, Colombia, 2023-2024

Andrea Villamizar Gomez et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Jun.

Abstract

We monitored mosquitoes in 3 bus stations in Bogota, Colombia, located at 2,625 m above sea level. During December 2023-January 2024, we collected 27 larvae and 1 adult female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at 1 station. Detection of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes in Bogota is a call to continue monitoring mosquitoes at stations.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Bogota; Colombia; surveillance; vector-borne infections.

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