COLONIZATION AND LABORATORY MAINTENANCE OFAnopheles albimanus WIEDEMANN IN VENEZUELA


Autoria(s): ZERPA,Noraida; MORENO,Jorge; GONZALEZ R.,Julio; NOYA,Oscar
Data(s)

01/05/1998

Resumo

Anopheles albimanus is one of the main vectors of malaria in Central America and the Caribbean, based on its importance, there are previous reports of the successful colonization of this species in Latin America countries. Mosquitoes were collected in the Aragua State of Venezuela colonized in the laboratory, using a simple and efficient maintenance method. Based on life table calculations under well established laboratory conditions, the Survival Rate Probability was constant and always close to 1 in immature stages, the Reproductive Net Rate (Ro) was 3.83, the generation time (Tc) was 24.5 days and the Intrinsic Growth Rate (rm) was 0.0558. This is the first report of the colonization of A. albimanus in Venezuela.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000300007

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.40 n.3 1998

Palavras-Chave #Colonization #Anopheles albimanus #Venezuela #Laboratory
Tipo

journal article