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Reduced levels of genetic variation in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) fr...
Maia, R. T.; Scarpassa, Vera Margarete; Maciel-Litaiff, L. H.; Tadei, Wanderli PedroAedes albopictus, a mosquito originally from Southeast Asia, is considered to be one of the main vectors of dengue fever, yellow fever and other arboviruses. We examined the genetic variability and population structure of 68 individuals of Ae. albopictus collected from five neighborhoods of the city of Manaus, based on the mitochondrial gene coding for NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5). Two haplotypes were fou...
Vector competence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 exposed to different dens...
Carvalho, Gílcia Aparecida de; Alves, Lêucio Câmara A.; Maia, R. T.; Andrade, Carlos Fernando Salgueirosa de; Ramos, Rafael Antonio NascimentoThe metropolitan region of Recife, Brazil is endemic for Dirofilaria immitis and has an environment favorable to the development of Culex quinquefasciatus. The goal of this study was to evaluate the vector competence of the Cx. quinquefasciatus RECIFE population for D. immitis transmission. A total of 2,104 females of Cx. quinquefasciatus RECIFE population were exposed to different densities of D. immitis micro...