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Avaliação da competência vetorial de populações de Aedes albopictus de Manaus, ...
Paz, Andréia da CostaZika virus (ZIKV) causes an arbovirose with widespread worldwide distribution transmitted to humans by the bite of females of infected mosquitoes. Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus are considered the main vectors, being widely distributed particularly in the tropical region where the virus is prevalent. Although Ae. albopictus is typical of wild environments, this species is also found adapted to the urban environ...
Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in Amazonian Aed...
Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida; Vieira Junior, Ademir Bentes; Silveira, Karine Renata Dias; Paz, Andréia da Costa; Vaz, Evelyn Beatriz da CostaZika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a globally important arbovirus and has been reported from all states of Brazil. The virus is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of an infective Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) or Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895). However, it is important to know if ZIKV transmission also occurs from Ae. aegypti through infected eggs to her offspring. Therefore, a ZIKV and dengue virus...
Coinfection with Zika Virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus results in preferential ZIK...
Chaves, Bárbara Aparecida; Orfanó, Alessandra da Silva; Nogueira, Paula Monalisa; Rodrigues, Nilton Barnabé; Campolina, Thaís BonifácioBackground. Several tropical cities are permissive to Aedes aegypti and dengue virus (DENV) endemicity and have allowed for invasion and circulation of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the same areas. People living in arbovirus-endemic regions have been simultaneously infected with ≥2 arboviruses. Methods. A. aegypti mosquitoes from Manaus, the capital city of Amazonas State in Brazil, were coinfected with circulating stra...