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5 November 2019 Parity and gonotrophic discordance of females of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Pâmela dos Santos Andrade, Paulo Roberto Urbinatti, Ronan da Rocha Coelho, Rosa Maria Marques de Sá Almeida, Sabrina Santana Ribeiro, Tamara Nunes de Lima-Camara
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The objective of this study was to assess the parity, presence of blood in the stomach, and the gonotrophic discordance of females of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus captured in two areas of the city of São Paulo. The captures were undertaken monthly, by aspiration, in the period from January, 2015 to August, 2017. All the females of the two species had their midguts and ovaries dissected to determine the presence of blood and the parity/stage of maturation. With regard to parity, 27% and 34% of the females of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, respectively, were parous or were in advanced stages of the development of their ovaries (33% and 27%, respectively). The larger part of the females of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus contained blood in their stomachs (77% and 60%, respectively), beyond which 36% and 27% of the females of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, respectively, were in gonotrophic discordance. Our results indicate favorable conditions in the study areas because of the presence of parous females. Moreover, this frequent and multiple contact of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus females with vertebrate hosts, such as humans, increases the possibility of transmitting the viruses they may be carrying.

Pâmela dos Santos Andrade, Paulo Roberto Urbinatti, Ronan da Rocha Coelho, Rosa Maria Marques de Sá Almeida, Sabrina Santana Ribeiro, and Tamara Nunes de Lima-Camara "Parity and gonotrophic discordance of females of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil," Journal of Vector Ecology 44(2), 233-240, (5 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12354
Received: 19 September 2018; Accepted: 29 November 2018; Published: 5 November 2019
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KEYWORDS
arbovirus
gonotrophic discordance
mosquito vectors
ovaries
parity
transmission
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