Comparative Study of Distribution of Anopheline Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas with and Without Malaria Transmission in the Highlands of an Extra-Amazonian Region in Brazil
Journal of Medical Entomology
; 50(3): 598-602, Mai, 2013.
Article
in English
| Sec. Est. Saúde SP, SESSP-SUCENPROD, Sec. Est. Saúde SP
| ID: biblio-1064287
Responsible library:
BR93.2
Localization: BR93.2
ABSTRACT
This study compares the distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in a malaria-endemic municipality (MAL) and a malaria-free municipality (FREE) in an area of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Simultaneous quarterly nightly captures were made in three locations in each municipality. One Shannon light trap (Shannon light traps were home made according to specifications published in Am. J. Trop. Med. 1939; 19 131140) (SLT) and five CDC light traps (a kind of automatic trap fed by batteries of 12 V and 7 amp/h, with dry ice as a source of CO2; John W. Hock Company, Gainesville, FL) (CLT) (two in the canopy and three at ground level) were operated from 600 p.m. to 600 a.m. More specimens were captured in MAL (362 in SLTs and 126 in CLTs) than in FREE (66 in SLTs and 59 in CLTs). For the SLTs, Simpson's dominance index was similar in MAL and FREE (D = 0.15 versus D = 0.203, P > 0.7), but Shannon's diversity index was higher for MAL (H = 1.969 versus H = 1.641, P < 0.01)...
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Collection:
National databases
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Brazil
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Malaria
Database:
Sec. Est. Saúde SP
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SESSP-SUCENPROD
Main subject:
Malaria
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Anopheles
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Medical Entomology
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Espírito Santo State Department of Health (SESA)/BR
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Federal University of Espírito Santo/BR
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Superintendency for the Control of Endemic Diseases (SUCEN)/BR
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University of São Paulo/BR