Aedes albopictus in rural zone of Brazil and its implication in the sylvatic yellow fever transmission

Authors
Gomes, AD Bitencourt, MD Natal, D Pinto, PLS Mucci, LF de Paula, MB Urbinatti, PR Barata, JMS
Citation
Ad. Gomes et al., Aedes albopictus in rural zone of Brazil and its implication in the sylvatic yellow fever transmission, REV SAUDE P, 33(1), 1999, pp. 95-97
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA
ISSN journal
00348910 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
95 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-8910(199902)33:1<95:AAIRZO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Larvae and adult forms of Aedes albopictus were found during ecological stu dy of anopheline mosquitos in the rural zone of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. This occurrence was registered, for the first time in Brazi l, in an enzoootic area if sylvatic yellow fever virus. This implies a pote ntial risk of the transfer of this virus to an urban area infested with Aed es aegypti.