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.

LocationRegionGeographical CoordinatesAnnual temperature rangea (°C)Annual precipitation rangea (mm)Demographic density (inhabitants/km2)bDengue incidence (cases/100,000 inhabitantsc)Period of mosquito collection

Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)Central-West20°26’34”S, 54°38’47”W9.9 to 29.934 to 234973,557Feb, Jun, Oct-2010 and Jan-2011

Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)Southeast22°47’08”S, 43°18’42”W17.8 to 29.343 a 1711,828123.7Feb, May, Aug and Nov- 2010

Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte (RN)Northeast5°54’56”S,
35°15’46”W
22 to 2919 to 2121,85855.3Feb, May, Aug and Dec-2010

Santarém, Pará (PA)North (Amazon region)2°26’35”S,
54°42’29”W
23 to 3333 a 38812.9230.7Apr, Jul, Oct- 2010 and Jan-2011

a Based on daily average temperature during mosquito collection.
b Data obtained from [6668].
c During each complete mosquito collection period [69].