Presumed unconstrained dispersal of Aedes aegypti in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dispersión ilimitada de Aedes aegypti en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, Brasil Dispersão de Aedes aegypti em local presumidamente sem barreira limitante ao vôo na cidade do Rio de Janeiro

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate dispersal of Aedes aegypti females in an area with no container manipulation and no geographic barriers to constrain mosquito flight. METHODS: A mark-release-recapture experiment was conducted in December 2006, in the dengue endemic urban district of Olaria in Rio de Janeiro,...

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Main Authors: Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102009000100002