| first isolation of dengue 1 virus from aedes aegypti in federal district, brazil. | dengue is present in the federal district since 1991 and virological studies of the vector began in 1998. two strains of den1 were isolated from 9 pools of female aedes aegypti (78 mosq.), collected in april in gama county, where the breteau index was 5.4, and 32 autochtonous human cases were notified. | 2000 | 10881127 |
| people's knowledge and practice about dengue, its vectors, and control means in brasilia (df), brazil: its relevance with entomological factors. | in south america, the epidemiology and ecology of dengue fever are strongly associated with human habits because the vector aedes aegypti is strictly urban. thus, the evaluation of people's knowledge and practice (pkp) is of great importance to improve integrated control measures. a pkp evaluation has been done in a suburb of brasilia. thirty questions were submitted to 130 habitants about income level, education, sources of information, specific knowledge about dengue, vector biology, and contr ... | 2000 | 10901634 |
| [susceptibility of aedes aegypti larvae to the insecticide temephos in the federal district, brazil]. | to study the susceptibility status of aedes aegypti to the organophosphate insecticide temephos. | 2004 | 15499431 |
| early determination of the reproductive number for vector-borne diseases: the case of dengue in brazil. | to evaluate a new method of deriving the reproductive number for vector-borne diseases from the early epidemic curves for vector-borne diseases with incubations in the vectors and in the hosts. | 2006 | 16553913 |
| effects of climate and different management strategies on aedes aegypti breeding sites: a longitudinal survey in brasília (df, brazil). | to determine the influence of climate and of environmental vector control with or without insecticide on aedes aegypti larval indices and pupae density. | 2006 | 16827711 |
| [monitoring of aedes aegypti mosquitoes (linnaeus, 1762) (diptera: culicidae) by means of ovitraps at the universidade federal de mato grosso campus, cuiabá, state of mato grosso]. | tdengue is one of the most important arboviruses affecting man and is a serious health problem in tropical areas where climatic conditions are favorable for occurrences of foci of aedes aegypti. oviposition traps with added hay infusion were installed at 19 points on the campus of the federal university of mato grosso with the objective of investigating the monthly levels of infestation with the dengue vector and the influence of abiotic factors. the results obtained were compared with the follo ... | 2009 | 19802474 |