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The Activity Cycle of domestic Aëdes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) (Dipt., Culicid.) in Southern Province, Tanganyika

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. H. R. Lumsden
W. H. R. Lumsden
Affiliation:
East African Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
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The population of the Makonde plateau, Newala district, Tanganyika, underwent a severe epidemic of a virus disease in 1952–55, and during an investigation of the epidemic the opportunity was taken to define the biting activity cycle of Aëdes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.), a mosquito that was extremely common in native huts on the plateau.

Continuous baited catches, lasting for 49 hours, were made by teams of four native catchers, inside a hut and on its verandah. The intensity of attack is expressed as the geometric-mean numbers of A. aegypti alighting on such a team per hour. The catches are recorded on a 24-hour system in which sunset is near to 1800 hr.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , December 1957 , pp. 769 - 782
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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