title: Effective surveillance of vector dynamics of Aedes aegypti in a hospital setting in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
abstract: Hospitals are important for vector control of endemic diseases.
  
  
  
  To investigate the presence of dengue vectors, 30 locations at a university hospital in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, were monitored from January to December 2009 for mosquito eggs using ovitraps placed in high-traffic internal and external areas.
  
  
  
  A total of 2,302 eggs were obtained. Positivity rate at different sites ranged from 50.0% to 0.0%, with the highest indices in external areas. The presence of eggs correlated with increasing humidity (r = 9.81; p = 0.0013).
  
  
  
  The study aimed to detect and verify the infestation level of the dengue vector and the influence of abiotic factors.
  
  
  
  The results indicate that this hospital may be considered an environment for the spread of dengue and hence strategic actions, including control measures and programs aimed at preventing the transmission of this vector, must be implemented.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário de Várzea Grande (UNIVAG), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brasil. alexandre3025@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fábio Alexandre
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Leal-Santos
authors.forename: Marinalva Brasilina de Arruda
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Danielle Aparecida
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
authors.forename: Maria Madalena
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Anagela Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Acel
authors.forename: Ana Lucia Maria
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Jorge Senatore Vargas
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carvalho-Leandro
authors.forename: Rosina Djunko
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Diniz Pereira
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Leite
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission; D004199:Disease Vectors; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006761:Hospitals; D010058:Oviposition; D011157:Population Dynamics