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REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 498-501Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA MEDICINA TROPICAL
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-1354-2013
Keywords
Malaria; Temperature; Air humidity
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Mato Grosso
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Introduction: This study examined the parity of Anopheles mosquitoes and the influence of abiotic factors on the distribution of these mosquitoes in the Manso dam, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: The anophelines were captured using the Human Attraction Technique for 12 h, while recording the temperature and relative humidity. Parity was determined by examining the conditions of the filaments. Results: Anopheles darlingi and Anopheles triannulatus accounted for 98.5% of the anophelines, with 88% of these being parous. Conclusions: Sudden variations in weather could be the cause of shifts from the total absence of mosquitoes to the appearance of females in abundance over a three-day period.
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