Research Article
Insecticide Resistance and Fitness: The Case of Four Aedes aegypti Populations from Different Brazilian Regions
Table 1
Cities of mosquito collection as well as climatic, demographic, and epidemiological characteristics.
| Location | Region | Geographical Coordinates | Annual temperature rangea (°C) | Annual precipitation rangea (mm) | Demographic density (inhabitants/km2)b | Dengue incidence (cases/100,000 inhabitantsc) | Period of mosquito collection |
| Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | Central-West | 20°26’34”S, 54°38’47”W | 9.9 to 29.9 | 34 to 234 | 97 | 3,557 | Feb, Jun, Oct-2010 and Jan-2011 |
| Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | Southeast | 22°47’08”S, 43°18’42”W | 17.8 to 29.3 | 43 a 171 | 1,828 | 123.7 | Feb, May, Aug and Nov- 2010 |
| Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte (RN) | Northeast | 5°54’56”S, 35°15’46”W | 22 to 29 | 19 to 212 | 1,858 | 55.3 | Feb, May, Aug and Dec-2010 |
| Santarém, Pará (PA) | North (Amazon region) | 2°26’35”S, 54°42’29”W | 23 to 33 | 33 a 388 | 12.9 | 230.7 | Apr, Jul, Oct- 2010 and Jan-2011 |
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a Based on daily average temperature during mosquito collection. b Data obtained from [ 66– 68]. c During each complete mosquito collection period [ 69]. |