Aedes aegypti surveillance in Tobago, West Indies (1983-1988)

ABSTRACT

During 1983-88 Aedes aegypti were collected using larval surveys and ovitraps in Tobago, WI. The main artificial containers used by Ae. aegypti were drums (35.4 percent) and small miscellaneous containers (23.4 percent). From a total of 15,600 ovitraps exposed, 183 (1.3 percent) were positive, with 25 containing Ae. aegypti eggs and 158 with Haemagogus equinus eggs. No Aedes albopictus eggs were detected in Tobago during this study. (AU)