Keila Elizabeth Paiz Moscoso

Dr. Keila Elizabeth Paiz Moscoso


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 October 2024 in Insects
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JNJosé Ignacio Navarro-Kraul
José Ignacio Navarro-Kraul
LCLuis Alberto Cisneros-Vázquez
Luis Alberto Cisneros-Vázquez
KMKeila Elizabeth Paiz Moscoso
Keila Elizabeth Paiz Moscoso
RDRogelio Danis-Lozano
Rogelio Danis-Lozano
JDJesús Davila
Jesús Davila
IFIldefonso Fernández-Salas
Ildefonso Fernández-Salas
Although integrated management and control programs implement intense control measures for adult, pupal, larval, and breeding sites during outbreaks, there is a lack of studies to understand the role of the vector egg stage in disease dynamics. This study aimed to assess the dry season quiescent Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus egg populations in houses and backyards in Tapachula, southern Mexico. Two hundred and fifty ovitraps were placed in 125 homes in the Las Americas neighborhood. A total of 7290 eggs were collected from 211 (84.4%) ovitraps. Only 5667 (77.7%) hatched under insectary water immersion and food supply conditions, with 4031 (71.1%) identified as Ae. aegypti, and 1636 (28.8%) as Ae. albopictus, respectively. The remaining 1623 (22.3%) did not hatch due to Delayed Hatching and/or quiescence tropical stage. Eighty-three larval containers were sampled with desiccated eggs during the dry season; most of them were described as trash waste because larvicides are only used for larger containers of 5–10 L. Evolutionary characteristics for the two species including partial egg hatching, ambient-regulated quiescence, the ability of the embryo to survive for a more extended period intra-seasonally, the egg sticking to inner container walls, demands urgent operational research to achieve successful egg-proof larval container methods.