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Mark-release-recapture studies on three anthropophilic populations of Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni comple(Diptera: Culicidae) in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J.J. Lutwama  and
L.G. Mukwaya
J.J. Lutwama*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
L.G. Mukwaya
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
*
Dr. J.J. Lutwama, Department of Entomology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda.
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Abstract

Multiple mark-release-recapture experiments were carried out on females of three anthropophilic populations of Aedes simpsoni (Theobald) complex at Nkokonjeru and Bwamba in Uganda to determine and compare the population size, survival rates and longevity of the adult stages. There were high recapture rates (26.23%, 2 7.42% and 28.28%) at the different sites. The population sizes, estimated by Jolly's stochastic method for the three sites (465, 561 and 675 female mosquitoes) were not significantly different, neither were the survival rates of the females (0.6026, 0.7145 and 0.8152). Other parameters estimated for the three populations were also similar. Population size estimates by Jolly's stochastic model and the simple Lincoln Index methods were not in agreement. The other method over-estimated population size. Since the estimated parameters for the Nkokonjeru population are similar to those of the Bwamba populations, there is a potential for the transmission of yellow fever virus to the human population at Nkokonjeru, as at Bwamba.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 521 - 527
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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