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Blood Feeding Status, Gonotrophic Cycle and Survivorship of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) Caught in Churches from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

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Blood-feeding status, gonotrophic cycle, and survival rates of Aedes (Stegmyia) aegypti (L.) was investigated in catholic churches from Merida, Yucatan. Female Ae. aegypti were caught using backpack aspirator during 25 consecutive days in rainy (2015) and dry season (2016). Blood-feeding status was determined by external examination of the abdomen and classified as unfed, fed, and gravid. Daily changes in the parous–nulliparous ratio were recorded, and the gonotrophic cycle length was estimated by a time series analysis. Also, was observed the vitellogenesis to monitoring egg maturity. In total, 408 females Ae. aegypti were caught, and there was a significant difference in the number of females collected per season (Z = −6.729, P ≤ 0.05). A great number was caught in the rainy season (n = 329). In the dry season, 79 females were caught, which the fed females were twice greatest than the unfed. The length of gonotrophic cycle was estimated on the base of a high correlation coefficient value appearing every 4 days in rainy at 26.7 ± 1.22°C, and 3 days in dry season at 29.8 ± 1.47°C. The daily survival rate of the Ae. aegypti population was higher in both seasons, 0.94 and 0.93 for the rainy and dry season, respectively. The minimum time estimated for developing mature eggs after blood feeding was similar in both seasons (3.5 days in rainy versus 3.25 days in dry). The measurement of the vectorial capacity of Ae. aegypti in catholic churches could help to understand the dynamics of transmission of arboviruses in sites with high human aggregation.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the laboratory staff at Arbovirología of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán for the assistance with mosquito collections. The study was supported in part by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México grant INFR-2014-01-225046. Thanks to Ximena Fiallo, Director of Language Institute-UISEK for her kind revision and insights about language.

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  1. Lab de Arbovirologia, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”, Univ Autonoma de Yucatan, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalambrica, 97069, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

    C M Baak-Baak, N Cigarroa-Toledo, J C Tzuc Dzul, C Machain-Williams & J E Garcia-Rejon

  2. Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

    A Ulloa-Garcia

  3. Lab de Enfermedades Tropicales y Transmitidas por Vector, Division Academica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Univ Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Teapa, Mexico

    O M Torres-Chable

  4. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, Lab. Biodiversidad y Salud Ambiental, Univ Internacional SEK, Quito, Ecuador

    J C Navarro

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Baak-Baak, C.M., Ulloa-Garcia, A., Cigarroa-Toledo, N. et al. Blood Feeding Status, Gonotrophic Cycle and Survivorship of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) Caught in Churches from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Neotrop Entomol 46, 622–630 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0499-x

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