System to monitor and control the population of Dengue fever virus vector

Project 102

Problem to be solved

• Disease with great impact on Public Health
• Difficulty in implementing vector control

Proposed innovation

• System to monitor and control Aedes aegypti
• Geo-referenced traps usage
• Computer assistance on the fast counting of the eggs
• Implementation of geographic database

Differential

• More accurate quantitative data of spatial and temporal vector distribution
• Analysis and automatic creation of reports/maps of risk
• Use of free software
• Enables integrated investigations of control
• Used for entomological surveillance

Development status
Productive sector of goods and services

Intellectual property status
No patent protection

What we want
Partnership

Coordinator
Wayner Vieira de Souza / CPqAM

Contact
Gestec/VPPIS – phone: 21 3882 9099/ 3882 9120 or portfolio@fiocruz.br