title: Indoor Resting Behavior of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Acapulco, Mexico.
abstract: The markedly anthropophilic and endophilic behaviors of Aedes aegypti (L.) make it a very efficient vector of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Although a large body of research has investigated the immature habitats and conditions for adult emergence, relatively few studies have focused on the indoor resting behavior and distribution of vectors within houses. We investigated the resting behavior of Ae. aegypti indoors in 979 houses of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, by performing exhaustive indoor mosquito collections to describe the rooms and height at which mosquitoes were found resting. In total, 1,403 adult and 747 female Ae. aegypti were collected, primarily indoors (98% adults and 99% females). Primary resting locations included bedrooms (44%), living rooms (25%), and bathrooms (20%), followed by kitchens (9%). Aedes aegypti significantly rested below 1.5 m of height (82% adults, 83% females, and 87% bloodfed females); the odds of finding adult Ae. aegypti mosquitoes below 1.5 m was 17 times higher than above 1.5 m. Our findings provide relevant information for the design of insecticide-based interventions selectively targeting the adult resting population, such as indoor residual spraying.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades (CENAPRECE), Secretaria de Salud, Eje 4 Sur Benjamín Franklin, Escandón, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (fdzul@me.com; ibarrajosejesus@gmail.com; fabiancorrea@msn.com).
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dzul-Manzanilla
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades (CENAPRECE), Secretaria de Salud, Eje 4 Sur Benjamín Franklin, Escandón, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (fdzul@me.com; ibarrajosejesus@gmail.com; fabiancorrea@msn.com).
authors.forename: Jésus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ibarra-López
authors.affiliation: Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomológicos, Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil Km. 15.5, Merida, Yucatan, México (wbm.biol@gmail.com; pablo_manrique2000@hotmail.com).
authors.forename: Wilbert
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bibiano Marín
authors.affiliation: Servicios Estatales de Salud de Guerrero, Guerrero, Ruffo Figueroa SN, Burocratas, 39090 Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Mexico (entomo_martini@hotmail.com).
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martini-Jaimes
authors.affiliation: Unidad Académica de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Av. Javier Méndez Aponte 1, Fraccionamiento Servidor Agrario, Guerrero, Mexico (joel.torres.leyva@gmail.com).
authors.forename: Joel Torres
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Leyva
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades (CENAPRECE), Secretaria de Salud, Eje 4 Sur Benjamín Franklin, Escandón, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (fdzul@me.com; ibarrajosejesus@gmail.com; fabiancorrea@msn.com).
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Correa-Morales
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE), Secretaria de Salud, Ciudad de Mexico, Francisco de P. Miranda 177, Lomas de Plateros, Mexico (cerato_2000@yahoo.com).
authors.forename: Herón
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huerta
authors.affiliation: Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomológicos, Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil Km. 15.5, Merida, Yucatan, México (wbm.biol@gmail.com; pablo_manrique2000@hotmail.com).
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manrique-Saide
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, 400 Dowman Dr., Atlanta, GA, 30322 USA (gmvazqu@emory.edu).
authors.forename: Gonzalo M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Prokopec
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico
keywords: dengue; indoor residual spraying; mosquito abundance; vector behavior