Intelligent monitoring of Aedes aegypti in a rural area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Authors

  • Argemiro Sanavria Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Claudia Bezerra da Silva Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
  • Érica Heleno Electo Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Lidiane Cristina Rocha Nogueira Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Sandra Maria Gomes Thomé Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Isabele da Costa Angelo Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Gilmar Ferreira Vita Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
  • Talles Eduardo Cabral Sanavria Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Faculdade de Administração
  • Elisa Domingues Padua Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
  • Denise Glória Gaiotte Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Medicina Veterinária; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública

Keywords:

Dengue, Virus, Epidemiology, Neglected diseases

Abstract

The aim of this research was to monitor the presence of females of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) on the Seropédica municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, from 2010 to 2013. For this purpose, the Intelligent Dengue Monitoring (IM-Dengue) and Intelligent Virus Monitoring (IM-Virus) developed by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Ecovec – Minas Gerais, Brazil), were used. IM-Dengue is a tool that allows achieving a weekly overview of A. aegypti infestation, while IM-Virus is another tool that allows detecting dengue virus directly from the mosquito, by Real Time-PCR. Both tools were developed for diagnosis in a prepathogenesis period of the disease, before infection occurrence. Traps were distributed in 19 locations inside the municipality and the bugs were collected weekly during the years of the research. As a result, the presence of 163 females of A. aegypti was recorded over the period; there was no circulation of the virus in the municipality. In one of the 19 study sites, a high degree of disease transmission risk was verified. The study concluded that the municipality, as a whole, showed no risk of disease transmission throughout the field research period.

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Published

2017-01-01

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How to Cite

Intelligent monitoring of Aedes aegypti in a rural area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. (2017). Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 59, e51. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/140669