title: Mosquito-producing containers, spatial distribution, and relationship between Aedes aegypti population indices on the southern boundary of its distribution in South America (Salto, Uruguay).
abstract: A study was conducted in the city of Salto, Uruguay, to identify mosquito-producing containers, the spatial distribution of mosquitoes and the relationship between the different population indices of Aedes aegypti. On each of 312 premises visited, water-filled containers and immature Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were identified. The containers were counted and classified into six categories. Pupae per person and Stegomyia indices were calculated. Pupae per person were represented spatially. The number of each type of container and number of mosquitoes in each were analyzed and compared, and their spatial distribution was analyzed. No significant differences in the number of the different types of containers with mosquitoes or in the number of mosquitoes in each were found. The distribution of the containers with mosquito was random and the distribution of mosquitoes by type of container was aggregated or highly aggregated.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Entomología, y Unidad de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Departamento de Biología Animal, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. cbasso@adinet.com.uy
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Ruben M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Caffera
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García da Rosa
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lairihoy
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Norbis
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D003710:Demography; D003715:Dengue / Q000517:prevention & control; D006794:Household Articles; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D014583:Uruguay; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water