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Table 3 Overall result for the four survey cycles of the frequency of Ae. aegypti indicators (eggs, immatures and adults), according to the socio-environmental characteristics of the household, 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

Socio-environmental characteristics of the households

Number of households

% of

positive

(%)

P

value

Number of households

% of

positive (%)

P

value

Number of households

% of

Positive (%)

P

value

Inspected

With

Ae. aegypti

immature

With recovered ovitrap

With

Ae. aegypti

egg

Aspirated

With

Ae. aegypti

adult

Irregular water provision

 Yes

240

11

4.5

0.51

201

81

40.2

0.44

238

65

27.3

0.43

 No

208

7

3.3

172

76

44.1

208

50

24.0

Water storage containers (water reservoirs)

 Yes

215

14

6.5

0.01

183

72

39.3

0.29

214

59

27.5

0.40

 No

233

4

1.7

190

85

44.7

232

56

24.1

Floor level

 Ground

341

12

3.5

0.33

283

125

44.1

0.14

339

92

27.1

0.24

 First or second

107

6

5.6

90

32

35.5

107

23

21.4

Residence located on an unpaved street

 Yes

4

0

0.0

1.00

4

1

25.0

0.64

4

1

25.0

1.00

 No

444

18

4.0

369

156

42.2

442

114

25.7

Type of residence construction

 Plastered walls

442

17

3.8

0.21

369

154

41.7

0.31

441

115

26.0

0.33

 Unplastered walls

6

1

16.6

4

3

75.0

5

0

0.0

No. of inhabitants

  ≤ 5

414

17

4.1

1.00

345

149

43.1

0.13

413

104

25.1

0.30

   > 5

34

1

2.9

28

8

28.5

33

11

33.3

  1. The total number of households for each of the evaluated outcomes (eggs, immatures or adults) varies because we only analyzed households that had ovitraps recovered, whose breeding sites were accessible for evaluation of immatures or that were aspirated