COEXISTENCE AND FOOD SOURCES OF ADULT MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN A RURAL HEALTH CENTER IN PIURA, PERU 2024

Polo A.A.R.; Arismendiz L.D.L.; Rivera L.V.B.; Aldana A.A.; Cornejo K.I.S.; Vilchez J.P.J. · Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica (2024) · DOI: 10.17843/rpmesp.2024.413.13696

Resumen

This study aimed to determine the coexistence and food sources of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rural health center in Piura, Peru by using a descriptive cross-sectional design. Entomological techniques were used to capture and identify mosquitoes, and molecular biotechnology techniques were used to identify food sources. A total of 793 specimens of the Culex and Aedes genera were found coexisting, 789 (99.5%) were Culex quinquefasciatus, 607 (76.9%) were males and 182 (23.1%) were females. Likewise, 4 (100%) correspon-ded to Aedes aegypti females. The food sources of Aedes aegypti were Homo sapiens sapiens, and Homo sapiens sapiens and Canis familiaris were the food sources of Culex quinquefasciatus. This study provides evidence that rural health centers could be acting as foci of arbovirosis, with the risk that people who come for different ailments could contract diseases transmitted by C. quinquefasciatus and A. aegypti.