title: Mosquitoes in degraded and preserved areas of the Atlantic Forest and potential for vector-borne disease risk in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: In order to assess the epidemiological potential of the Culicidae species in remaining areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, specimens of this family were collected in wild and anthropic environments. A total of 9,403 adult mosquitoes was collected from May, 2009 to June, 2010. The most prevalent among species collected in the wild environment were Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii, the Melanoconion section of Culex (Melanoconion), and Aedes serratus, while the most common in the anthropic site were Coquillettidia chrysonotum/albifera, Culex (Culex) Coronator group, and An. (Ker.) cruzii. Mosquito richness was similar between environments, although the abundance of individuals from different species varied. When comparing diversity patterns between environments, anthropic sites exhibited higher richness and evenness, suggesting that environmental stress increased the number of favorable niches for culicids, promoting diversity. Increased abundance of opportunistic species in the anthropic environment enhances contact with culicids that transmit vector-borne diseases.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, 01246-904, Brazil. andressa.fran@usp.br
authors.forename: Andressa Francisca
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Urbinatti
authors.forename: Ana Maria Ribeiro
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Castro Duarte
authors.forename: Marcia Bicudo
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: Diego Mendes
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Luís Filipe
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mucci
authors.forename: Aristides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Maria Helena Silva Homem
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Marco Otávio
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: de Matos Júnior
authors.forename: Rosane Correa
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Delsio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Natal
authors.forename: Rosely
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: dos Santos Malafronte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D014197:Trees / Q000469:parasitology*