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

2025-07-022025-07-02https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/2175-7925.2012v25n1p19910.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p199Using 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.Dados curados por Daniela Paz Villegas Del Rio em 09/07/2025 para atividade avaliativaapplication/pdfCopyright (c) 2012 Afonso Pelli, Adriana Gonçalves Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Silva, Henrique Borges KappelAdhesive cards for monitoring flying insects in a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in the Triângulo Mineiro – Minas Gerais – Brazilinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article