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Table 1 Frequency of entomological indices for the private and public areas for the overall study period and for the four survey cycles separately, Pau da Lima neighborhood, Salvador, Brazil, September 2019 to April 2021

From: Density of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in a low-income Brazilian urban community where dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses co-circulate

Entomological index, according to the type of area

Survey cycle

Overall

1

2

3

4

Private area

     

 Number of inspected householdsa

448

149

112

98

89

 Number of potential breeding sites

316

107

111

67

31

 Frequency of potential breeding sites per 100 households

70.5

71.8

99.1

68.3

34.8

 Number of potential breeding sites positive for Aedes aegypti immatures

18

5

6

5

2

 Frequency of potential breeding sites positive for Ae. aegypti immatures, in percentage (container index)

5.7

4.6

5.4

7.4

6.4

 House index, percentage

4.0

3.3

5.3

5.1

2.2

 Breteau index, percentage

4.0

3.3

5.3

5.1

2.2

 Total number of Ae. aegypti immatures in breeding sites

595

204

269

55

67

 Average number of Ae. aegypti immatures per positive breeding site

33

40.8

44.8

11.0

33.5

 Number of recovered ovitraps

373

126

90

85

72

 Number of recovered ovitraps with eggs

157

60

33

35

29

 Ovitrap Positivity Index, percentage

42.1

47.6

36.6

41.1

40.2

 Number of eggs in the ovitrap pallets

7299

4075

835

1681

708

 Egg Density Index, average

46.5

68.0

25.3

48.0

24.4

 Number of households undergoing mosquito aspiration

446

147

112

98

89

 Number of households with Ae. aegypti adults captured

81

19

23

22

17

 Adult Index, percentage

18.2

12.9

20.5

22.4

19.1

 Number of Ae. aegypti adults captured

138

27

41

36

34

Public area

     

 Number of potential breeding sites

186

89

19

58

20

 Number of potential breeding sites positive for Ae. aegypti immatures

7

3

1

2

1

 Frequency of potential breeding sites positive for Ae. aegypti immatures, percentage (container index)

3.7

3.3

5.2

3.4

5.0

 Total number of Ae. aegypti immatures in breeding sites

283

29

138

115

1

 Average number of Ae. aegypti immatures per positive breeding site

40.4

9.6

138.0

57.5

1.0

  1. Potential breeding sites were defined as any structure or reservoir accumulating water
  2. aThe number of households inspected decreased during follow-up because there was a loss of follow-up in relation to the initial sample of 149 households