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Suitability of containers from different sources as breeding sites of Aedes aegypti (L) in a cemetery of Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Vezzani, Darío; Schweigmann, Nicolás.
  • Vezzani, Darío; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Unidad de Ecología de Reservorios y Vectores de Parásitos. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Schweigmann, Nicolás; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Unidad de Ecología de Reservorios y Vectores de Parásitos. Buenos Aires. AR
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 97(6): 789-792, Sept. 2002. mapas, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-320165
RESUMO
Cemeteries are ideal urban areas to study the importance of different types of containers as breeding sites of Aedes aegypti (L.). In the present study, the suitability of plastic, glass, ceramic and metal containers was evaluated in four patches within a cemetery of Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Between October 1998 and May 2000, we found 215 breeding sites of Ae. aegypti out of 13,022 water-filled containers examined. In two patches containing microenvironments sheltered from the sun, the use of the different types of containers was proportional to the offer (correlation coefficient = 0.99, P < 0.05 in both cases). In the remaining patches, plastic and metal containers were the most and less frequent breeding sites, respectively (P < 0.001 in both cases). The number of immatures per breeding site (median = 4.5) did not show significant differences among the four types of containers examined (H3, 215 = 1.216, P = 0.749). Differences found in patches from a same cemetery suggest that different microenvironmental conditions affect the suitability of each type of container for Ae. aegypti breeding. Plastic containers appeared as key breeding sites that should be removed to reduce the Ae. aegypti population in the study area
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Reservorios de Enfermedades / Aedes / Insectos Vectores / Prácticas Mortuorias Límite: Animales País/Región como asunto: America del Sur / Argentina Idioma: Inglés Revista: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Asunto de la revista: Medicina Tropical / Parasitología Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Argentina Institución/País de afiliación: Universidad de Buenos Aires/AR

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Reservorios de Enfermedades / Aedes / Insectos Vectores / Prácticas Mortuorias Límite: Animales País/Región como asunto: America del Sur / Argentina Idioma: Inglés Revista: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Asunto de la revista: Medicina Tropical / Parasitología Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Argentina Institución/País de afiliación: Universidad de Buenos Aires/AR