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REPORT OF MOSQUITO VECTORS OF ARBOVIRUSES FROM A FEDERAL CONSERVATION UNIT IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST, RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL
Haemagogus leucocelaenus
Ovos
Variáveis climáticas
Locais de reprodução
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Arbovirus infections, such as dengue, zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever, are a major
public health problem worldwide. As the main vectors, mosquitoes have been classified by the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the deadliest animals alive. In this ecological study, we
analyzed the population dynamics of important genera and species of mosquito vectors. Mosquito
immatures were collected using ovitraps and at natural breeding sites: bamboos and bromeliads.
Adult mosquitoes were captured using CDC traps with CO2, Shannon traps, and manual suction
tubes. Collections took place during the rainy and dry seasons from 2019 to 2020 in the Serra dos
Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The highest number of species was recorded in the
ovitraps, followed by CDC and bromeliads. The breeding site with the lowest diversity was bamboo,
though it showed the highest level of evenness compared to the other breeding sites. The medically
important genera reported were Haemagogus spp., Aedes spp., Culex spp., and Wyeomyia spp. Culicid
eggs increased in the rainy season, with a peak in November 2019 and January and February 2020,
and lower abundance in the dry season, from September to October 2019. Mosquito eggs had a strong
positive correlation ( = 0.755) with temperature and a moderate positive correlation ( = 0.625) with
rainfall. This study shows how environmental variables can influence the ecology of disease-vector
mosquitoes, which are critical in the maintenance of arbovirus circulation in a threatened biome
within the most densely populated region of Brazil.
Keywords in Portuguese
CulicidaeHaemagogus leucocelaenus
Ovos
Variáveis climáticas
Locais de reprodução
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