Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:52:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-06-01; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Introduction: Traditional indices for measuring dengue fever risk in a given area are based on the immature forms of the vector (larvae and pupae surveys). However, this is inefficient because only adult female mosquitoes actually transmit t...
The goal of this study was to assess the goodness-of-fit of theoretical models of population dynamics of Aedes aegypti to trap data collected by a long term entomological surveillance program. The carrying capacity K of this vector was estimated at city and neighborhood level. Adult mosquito abundance was measured via adults collected weekly by a network of sticky traps (Mosquitraps) from January 2008 to Decemb...