Record of epidemiologically important Culicidae in the rural area of Manaus, Amazonas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira¹  Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo¹  Silva, Ana Paula Thomé da¹  Centro Universitário Nilton Lins, Manaus¹  Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus¹  Fé, Nelson Ferreira¹  Marcião, Alexandre Herculano Ribera¹  Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus¹  Barbosa, Maria das Graças Vale¹  Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus¹  Guerra, Marcus Vinitius de Farias¹ 

关键词: Culicidae;    Species diversity;    Malaria;    Filariasis;    Arbovirosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822008000600019

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The biodiversity of the Amazon region includes many species of arthropod vectors in different ecotopes, thus enabling occurrences of diseases like malaria, filariasis and arbovirosis. From August 2001 to July 2002, we gathered culicids from inside homes, from areas surrounding these homes and from forested areas of the São João Community, in the rural zone of Manaus, State of Amazonas. 1240 specimens were collected, belonging to the Culicinae (99%) and Anophelinae (1%) subfamilies, with 50 species. The Culicini tribe clearly predominated, with 904 specimens (72.9%), and the species Culex usquatus (22.6%) and Culex quinquefasciatus (17.7%) were prominent. Out of the total number of culicids, 1,077 (86.9%) were caught in the forests, 101 (8.1%) in the areas surrounding homes and 62 (5%) inside homes. Forests were the ecotope that presented the highest species diversity. The presence of Anopheles darlingi, Anopheles triannulatus, Aedes aegypti, Haemagogus janthinomys and other proven or potential vectors was recorded.

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