Discrepancies between Aedes aegypti identification in the field and in the laboratory after collection with a sticky trap

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Rafael Maciel-de-freitas¹  Arthur Weiss Da Silva Lima¹  Simone Costa Araújo¹  José Bento Pereira Lima¹  Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo¹  Nildimar Alves Honório¹  Ima Aparecida Braga¹  Giovanini Evelim Coelho¹  Claudia Torres Codeço¹  Denise Valle¹ 

关键词: Aedes aegypti;    MosquiTRAP;    entomological surveillance;    dengue vector;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-0276140125

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Currently, sticky traps are regularly employed to assist in the surveillance of Aedes aegypti infestation. We tested two alternative procedures for specimen identification performed by local health agents: directly in the field, as recommended by certain manufacturers, or after transportation to the laboratory. A total of 384 sticky traps (MosquiTRAP) were monitored monthly during one year in four geographically representative Brazilian municipalities. When the same samples were inspected in the field and in the laboratory, large differences were noted in the total number of mosquitoes recorded and in the number of specimens identified as Ae. aegypti by both procedures. Although field identification has the potential to speed vector surveillance, these results point to uncertainties in the evaluated protocol.

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