%0 Journal Article
%T Presen£ża de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) em piscin£żes na zona leste de S£żo Paulo
%A Silv¨Ĥrio
%A Edna de C¨˘ssia
%A Urbinatti
%A Paulo Roberto
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822011000400020
%X introduction: alterations in the environment contribute to changes in weather patterns, which cause an increase in rainfall, which causes flooding. flooding has been addressed by building reservoirs, called piscin£żes, to contain the excess rain. in this report, we evaluated the culicidae fauna of epidemiological importance in the reservoirs of cagua£żu and inhumas. methods: monthly collections were performed in both reservoirs, which are situated in the eastern section of the city of s£żo paulo. monthly collections of culicidae were undertaken using the entomological scoop method and a battery aspirator during the period between march 2006 and february 2007. descriptive statistical and simple linear regression analyses of the data were carried out. results: a total of 8,917 culicidae mosquitoes were collected. the majority of the insects captured were of culex (culex) quinquefasciatus, representing 98.9% of the specimens identified in the inhumas and 95.2% of those identified in cagua£żu. in the cagua£żu reservoir, the greatest frequency of immature mosquitoes was observed in the spillway (61%). in the inhumas reservoir, the greatest occurrence of immature culicidae was detected in the channel (42.6%). the linear regression analysis showed that 87% of the larvae in the third and fourth stages and 60% of the pupae were collected during periods of rainfall. in the inhumas reservoir, 36% of the larvae and 18% of the pupae were collected during periods of rainfall. conclusions: culex quinquefasciatus, a vector for agents of filariasis and arbovirus diseases and a nuisance to the human population, was frequent in both environments. methods of control of the species in the studied dams are necessary to reduce their epidemiological potential.
%K culicidae
%K culex quinquefasciatus
%K ecology
%K flooding
%K reservoirs for the contention of flood waters.
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