Physiological state of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti mosquitoes captured with MosquiTRAPs™ in Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil

Preliminary evaluation of the "Dengue-MI" technology for Aedes aegyptimonitoring and control

“…aegypti mosquitoes. Since the ideal place for setting the MosquiTRAP in households is outdoors (in the peridomicile) 11 , the trap is a non-invasive method 9 , i.e., the field inspector does not have to enter peoples homes, thus facilitating its use for monitoring. Since MosquiTRAP allows identifying the mosquito captured in the trap, without requiring additional procedures in the laboratory, the data collected in the field reaches the health system manager virtually in real time.…”

“…After a geographic survey of each city, the traps were set outside residences and the geographic coordinates were recorded by means of a Global Position System (GPS), with a density of 16 traps per km², corresponding to an average of one trap per set of four to six blocks. This density was determined on the basis of studies performed in Mirassol (São Paulo) 11 , using the databank that was analyzed by random sampling without replacement in the R software (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria; http:// www.r-project.org).…”

“…The ideal place to set the MosquiTRAP in households is in the outdoor environment (e.g., front or back yard), probably since the females take their blood meals indoors and lay eggs outdoors 11 . Field studies have shown that the MosquiTRAP is more sensitive than larval surveys and less sensitive than ovitraps, and that it allows detecting and monitoring Ae.…”

“…aegypti when they enter ovitraps. The MosquiTRAP captures adult mosquitoes, especially gravid females, but rarely parous and nulliparous specimens 11 , due to the use of a synthetic oviposition attractant (AtrAedes, Ecovec Ltda., Belo Horizonte, Brazil) developed from volatile grass infusions. The mosquitoes are captured by a sticky card, where they initially remain stuck by their legs, generally staying in the resting position, and when they are still alive on the card, they beat their wings in an attempt to escape.…”

Calculating the survival rate and estimated population density of gravid Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

“…), a trap that has been show to be effective in attracting and capturing Ae. aegypti gravid females when installed outdoors 16 and CDC backpack aspirators 17 . Captures were performed daily and began one day after release.…”