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Universidade de São Paulo
2007
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- Culicidae (Diptera) in a dam construction area in the state of São Paulo Marcia Bicudo de Paula Almério de Castro Gomes Salud Dams Culicidae Environmental impact OBJECTIVE: To describe the culicidae fauna in an area impacted by environmental changes caused by the construction of a dam.METHODS: The studied area was the Porto Primavera dam construction site in Southeastern Brazil. Monthly culicidae samples were taken in six exploratory sites in the pre-fi lling period and in one fi xed site, one year before (1997-1998) and after the fi rst fi lling (1999-2000). Adult mosquitoes were captured in the morning with an aspirator and with Shannon and CDC traps during the evening twilight period. Immature stages were captured using a ladle in the larger breeding sites and with a pipette in the smaller ones.RESULTS: In the pre-fi lling period of the dam, a total of 944 immature culicidae specimens, from ten species, were captured. A total of 14,932 adults were captured, including 7,031 mosquitoes from ten species in the exploratory points and 7,901 specimens from eight genera in the fi xed site. After the fi rst stage of the dam fi lling, the immature stages total was 1,201, from four genera, and the captured mosquitoes total was 5,912, from nine genera. There was a population reduction of the genera Aedes and Psorophora and an increase of the following species populations: Aedeomyia, Anopheles, Culex (Melanoconion),Mansonia and Uranotaenia.CONCLUSIONS: The environmental changes caused due to the construction of the Porto Primavera Dam contributed to an increase in the population density of some culicidae vectors, causing a nuisance and the potential risk of the transmission of pathogens to humans. 2007 artículo científico 0034-8910 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67240195016 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=672 Revista de Saúde Pública application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Revista de Saúde Pública (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.41