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Aedes aegypti in Jamaica, West Indies: container productivity profiles to inform control strategies
Chadee, D. D.; Huntley, S. ; Focks, D. A. ; Chen, A. A..
Afiliação
  • Chadee, D. D.; The University of the West Indies. Department of Life Sciences. St. Augustine. Trinidad and Tobago
  • Huntley, S. ; Ministry of Health. Kingston. Jamaica
  • Focks, D. A. ; Infectious Disease Analysis LLC. Gainesville, Florida. United States of Amercia
  • Chen, A. A.; The University of the West Indies. Department of Physics. Kingston. Jamaica
Tropical medicine and international health ; 14(2): 220-227, Feb. 2009. mapas, tab
Article em En | MedCarib | ID: med-17596
Biblioteca responsável: TT5
Localização: TT5; W1, TR8815
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the Aedes aegypti container profile in the three parishes of Portland, St. Anns and St. Catherine, Jamaica.

METHOD:

Traditional stegomyia and pupae per person indices.

RESULTS:

A total of 8855 containers were inspected. A. aegypti were breeding in 19.2% of the 4728 containers in Portland, in 6.7% of the 2639 containers in St. Ann, and in 27.2% of the 1488 containers in Tryhall Heights, St. Catherine. Container types differed between Portland (P > 0.02) on one hand and St. Ann and Tryhall Heights, St. Catherine on the other hand there were with no vases or potted plants with water saucers in St. Ann and St. Catherine. A. aegypti were breeding in more containers in St. Catherine (38%) (38% in wet season and 21% in the dry season) than in Portland (19%) or St. Ann (6%), both of which had more containers but A. aegypti breeding in fewer 17.7% and 11.2% in the wet and 20.4% and 3.5% in the dry seasons respectively. The daily production of adult mosquitoes in the three study sites was 1.51, 1.29 and 0.66 adult female mosquitoes per person in Portland, St. Ann and St. Catherine during the dry season and 1.12, 0.23 and 1.04 female mosquitoes per person in the wet season respectively.

CONCLUSION:

All three communities are at risk for dengue outbreaks and vector control should concentrate on reducing the mosquito populations from the most productive containers before a new dengue virus serotype is introduced into Jamaica.
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Cruzamento / Aedes / Controle de Vetores de Doenças / Dengue / Jamaica Limite: Animals / Humans País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Caribe ingles / Jamaica Idioma: En Revista: Tropical medicine and international health Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Cruzamento / Aedes / Controle de Vetores de Doenças / Dengue / Jamaica Limite: Animals / Humans País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Caribe ingles / Jamaica Idioma: En Revista: Tropical medicine and international health Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article