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- Title
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in five hospitals of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
- Authors
Garcia, Flávio Roberto Mello; Ahlert, Carolina Charlier; de Freitas, Bianca Ribeiro; Trautmann, Maura Morel; Tancredo, Simone Pirotta; Lutinski, Junir Antonio
- Abstract
The presence of ants in hospitals is health risk for the hospital community, since presents a strong capability to carry pathogenic organisms throughout this environment. This study was carried out from May 2007 to April 2008, aiming the identification of ant species that infest the hospitals in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A total of 989 ants from 19 species were sampled: Acromyrmex niger (Fr. Smith, 1858), Brachyrnyrmex sp., Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775), Carnponotus sericeiventris (Guerin-Meneville, 1838), Camponotus sp1, Camponotus sp2, Gnarnptogenys sp., Hypoponera sp., Labidus coccus (Latreille, 1802), Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758), Pachycondyla sp., Paratrechina fulva (Mayr, 1862), Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802, Pheidole sp1, Pheidole sp2, Pheidole sp3, Pheidole sp4, Pheidole sp5, and Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793. Among them, Brachymyrmex sp. was the most frequent one (47.0%) followed by Monomoriurnpharaonis (18.7%) and Labidus coecus (17.2%).
- Subjects
PORTO Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); RIO Grande do Sul (Brazil : State); BRAZIL; ANTS; HEALTH risk assessment; RISK management in hospitals; INSECTS as carriers of disease; CLASSIFICATION of insects
- Publication
Acta Scientiarum: Health Sciences, 2011, Vol 33, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
1679-9291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i2.10999