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CULEX MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) EGG LAYING IN TRAPS LOADED WITH BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VARIETY ISRAELENSIS AND BAITED WITH SKATOLE
Escatol
infusão de capim
Vírus do Nilo Ocidental
Ovitrapa
Bacillus thuringiensis
Brasil
Culex / fisiologia
Fêmea
Humanos
Oviposição / efeitos de drogas
Oviposição / fisiologia
Controle de população
Chuva
Temporadas
Atrativos sexuais / farmacologia
Skatole / farmacologia
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Entomologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Abstract
The Southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, is an important human health pest as a vector of several pathogens, including agents of lymphatic filariasis and arboviruses like West Nile virus. We conducted preliminary experiments in Recife, Brazil, to explore applications of Culex oviposition attractants in combination with Bacillus thuringiensis variety israelensis (Bti) in an attract-and-kill approach. Simple, cost-effective oviposition traps, BR-OVT, loaded with Bti and baited with or without attractant, were deployed in 10 homes for 30 d in 2 consecutive yr. Significantly higher numbers of egg rafts were deposited in traps baited with skatole or infusion than the control water traps. In the first year, 2006, significantly higher numbers of eggs were deposited in infusion-baited traps, particularly in the first 15 d of the experiment, than in skatole traps, but in the following year no significant difference was observed between synthetic and natural attractants. The tests strongly demonstrate that skatole or infusion can be used to enhance the number of egg rafts deposited on Bti-treated oviposition traps.
Keywords in Portuguese
Bacillus thuringiensis variedade israelensisEscatol
infusão de capim
Vírus do Nilo Ocidental
Ovitrapa
DeCS
AnimaisBacillus thuringiensis
Brasil
Culex / fisiologia
Fêmea
Humanos
Oviposição / efeitos de drogas
Oviposição / fisiologia
Controle de população
Chuva
Temporadas
Atrativos sexuais / farmacologia
Skatole / farmacologia
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