Open AccessDetección de Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) en ovitrampas en Mérida, México
Author(s) -
Gabriela González-Olvera,
Magallly Morales-Rodríguez,
Wilbert Bibiano-Marín,
Jorge Palacio-Vargas,
Yamili Contreras-Perera,
Abdiel Martín-Park,
Azael Che-Mendoza,
Marco Torres–Castro,
Fabián Correa-Morales,
Herón HuertaJiménez,
Pedro Mis-Ávila,
Gonzalo M. VazquezProkopec,
Pablo Manrique-Saide
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.5525
Subject(s) - aedes albopictus , aedes aegypti , christian ministry , vector (molecular biology) , biology , abundance (ecology) , aedes , dengue fever , veterinary medicine , ecology , geography , larva , medicine , virology , philosophy , biochemistry , theology , gene , recombinant dna
The vector-borne diseases program in México has an established network of ovitraps for entomological surveillance of Aedes spp. In response to reports of Aedes albopictus in the periphery of Mérida, the state capital of Yucatán, the Ministry of Health increased the specificity of this surveillance. Objective: To describe the presence and distribution of Ae. albopictus in Mérida and its relative abundance compared to Aedes aegypti in ovitraps of the vector control program. Materials and methods: During October, 2019, 91 ovitraps were randomly selected from 31 neighborhoods of Mérida. Mosquitoes were reared at the insectary of the Collaborative Unit for Entomological Bioassays of the Autonomous University of Yucatán from eggs collected in the field. Relative abundance was determined for adult individuals of each identified species and neighborhood. Results: 32 % of the neighborhoods were positive for Ae. albopictus and 100 % for Ae. aegypti. A total of 28 adults of Ae. albopictus (10 females and 18 males) were obtained from ovitraps. No correlation was observed between the abundance of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus for both adults and females (p>0.05) at the neighborhood level. Conclusions: The results confirm that Ae. albopictus coexisted with Ae. aegypti in Mérida at the time of the study. The low relative abundance suggests that Ae. albopictus was in the initial phase of invasion.