Oral Susceptibility to Yellow Fever Virus of Aedes aegypti from Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 97(3): 437-439, Apr. 2002. tab
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RESUMO
The oral susceptibility to yellow fever virus was evaluated in 23 Aedes aegypti samples from Brazil. Six Ae. aegypti samples from Africa, America and Asia were also tested for comparison. Mosquito samples from Asia showed the highest infection rates. Infection rates for the Brazilian Ae. aegypti reached 48.6 percent, but were under 13 percent in 60 percent of sample tested. We concluded that although the low infection rates estimated for some Brazilian mosquito samples may not favor the establishment of urban cycle of yellow fever in some parts of the country, the founding of Ae. aegypti of noteworthy susceptibility to the virus in cities located in endemic and transition areas of sylvatic yellow fever, do pose a threat of the re-emergence of the urban transmission of the disease in Brazil
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LILACS
Main subject:
Yellow Fever
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Yellow fever virus
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Aedes
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Insect Vectors
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
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America do norte
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America do sul
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Asia
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Year:
2002
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Article
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