Biotemas (Oct 2011)

Adhesive cards for monitoring flying insects in a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in the Triângulo Mineiro – Minas Gerais – Brazil

  • Afonso Pelli,
  • Adriana Gonçalves Oliveira,
  • Paulo Roberto Silva,
  • Henrique Borges Kappel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 199 – 201

Abstract

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Using adhesive colored cards, 1,016 flying insects were captured in a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital. Homoptera were the most common (84.7%), and attraction based on card color was demonstrated. Insects are mechanical vectors of pathogens, demonstrating the relevance of insect control in hospital environments.

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