| Title | Characteristics of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus Skuse (Diptera:Culicidae) breeding sites. | | Author(s) | Rao BB, Harikumar PS, Jayakrishnan T, George B | | Institution | Department of Community Medicine, Goverment Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India. sulobhaskar@gmail.com | | Source | Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2011 Sep; 42(5):1077-82. | | MeSH | Aedes
Animals
Breeding
India
Insect Vectors
Larva
Water
| | Abstract | We investigated the physicochemical characteristics of Aedes albopictus Skuse viz. breeding sites, by examining coconut shells, tires and plastic containers in a chikungunya affected area of Calicut, India. The study design was a cross-sectional ecological type. Thirty-four water samples were collected randomly from coconut shells, tires and plastic containers. The larvae were counted and the water was examined. The mean number of larvae per 500 ml was significantly higher in coconut shells than in tires and plastic containers. A negative correlation was observed with pH and a positive correlation was seen with most other variables. Coconut shells were the preferred breeding site for Ae. albopictus mosquitoes in our study. The rich organic content, low illumination and small orifice of the coconut shells could be the reasons for this. The higher salinity of the coconut shells did not affect breeding or survival. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 22299432 |
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