Preliminary evaluation of the 'Dengue-MI' technology for Aedes aegypti monitoring and control

Cad Saude Publica. 2009:25 Suppl 1:S45-58. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009001300005.

Abstract

Limitations in the laboratory identification of Aedes aegypti and processing of field data based on larval surveys led to the development of the 'Intelligent Dengue Monitoring' technology (MI-Dengue). MI-Dengue consists of a trap that captures gravid female Ae. aegypti, coupled with a computerized system for field data collection, transmission, and access to georeferenced maps in real time. The current study describe the first experience with a system for monitoring adult Ae. aegypti and presents the preliminary results in three municipalities that adopted MI-Dengue as a strategy to identify key areas and orient control measures. Weekly georeferenced maps and an entomological indicator (Mean Female Aedes Index) provided information on infested areas and infestation levels, color-coded according to the number of captured female Ae. aegypti, and indicated risk-free, dengue alert, and critical situations that triggered appropriate control measures. The preliminary results suggest that the adoption of this control strategy with house-to-house visits in a 200m radius of the positive trap helped reduce dengue in the municipalities that adopted the system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / growth & development*
  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Dengue / epidemiology
  • Dengue / prevention & control*
  • Electronic Data Processing / methods
  • Female
  • Geographic Information Systems*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Incidence
  • Larva / growth & development
  • Mosquito Control / methods*
  • Oviposition / physiology*
  • Population Dynamics
  • Population Surveillance / methods
  • Time Factors
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data