title: Parity and influence of abiotic factors on Anopheles in the Manso dam, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study examined the parity of Anopheles mosquitoes and the influence of abiotic factors on the distribution of these mosquitoes in the Manso dam, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The anophelines were captured using the Human Attraction Technique for 12 h, while recording the temperature and relative humidity. Parity was determined by examining the conditions of the fi laments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anopheles darlingi and Anopheles triannulatus accounted for 98.5% of the anophelines, with 88% of these being parous.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sudden variations in weather could be the cause of shifts from the total absence of mosquitoes to the appearance of females in abundance over a three-day period.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT.
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia Maria
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Rosina Djunko
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Jorge Senatore Vargas
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: José Holanda
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Campelo Júnior
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D002980:Climate; D005260:Female; D006813:Humidity; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature