Aedes aegypti spreading in South America: new coldest and southernmost records
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 115: e190496, 2020. tab, graf
Article
in English
| LILACS, Sec. Est. Saúde SP
| ID: biblio-1135286
Responsible library:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
The geographic distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) in South America has been expanding during the last decades. Herein we present two new distribution records that extend its southern limits towards localities with extremer environmental conditions than reported to date. San Antonio Oeste constitutes the southernmost finding for the continent (40º44'S), whereas Tandil is the infested locality with the coldest mean annual temperature in Argentina (14.17ºC). The projection of a previous distribution model for Ae. aegypti predicts these two cities as positive and suggests several other localities with suitable conditions for vector proliferation beyond its assumed distribution limits.
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Collection:
National databases
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Brazil
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Dengue
Database:
LILACS
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Sec. Est. Saúde SP
Main subject:
Aedes
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Mosquito Vectors
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas/AR