Title: | "Effect of CO(2) and 1-octen-3-ol attractants for estimating species richness and the abundance of diurnal mosquitoes in the southeastern Atlantic forest, Brazil" |
Address: | "Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil, 01246-904" |
DOI: | 10.1590/s0074-02762011000300005 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1678-8060 (Electronic) 0074-0276 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Studies have shown that both carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and octenol (1-octen-3-ol) are effective attractants for mosquitoes. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the attractiveness of 1-octen-3-ol and CO(2) for diurnal mosquitoes in the southeastern Atlantic forest. A Latin square experimental design was employed with four treatments: CDC-light trap (CDC-LT), CDC-LT and 1-octen-3-ol, CDC-LT and CO(2) and CDC-LT with 1-octen-3-ol and CO(2). Results demonstrated that both CDC-CO(2) and CDC-CO(2)-1-octen-3-ol captured a greater number of mosquito species and specimens compared to CDC-1-octen-3-ol; CDC-LT was used as the control. Interestingly, Anopheles (Kerteszia) sp. was generally attracted to 1-octen-3-ol, whereas Aedes serratus was the most abundant species in all Latin square collections. This species was recently shown to be competent to transmit the yellow fever virus and may therefore play a role as a disease vector in rural areas of Brazil" |
Keywords: | Animals Brazil *Carbon Dioxide Culicidae/*classification Insect Vectors/*classification *Octanols *Pheromones Population Density Trees; |
Notes: | "MedlineLaporta, Gabriel Z Sallum, Maria Anice M eng Brazil 2011/06/10 Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2011 May; 106(3):279-84. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000300005" |