Seasonal dynamics of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in the northernmost state of Brazil: a likely port-of-entry for dengue virus 4

Seasonal dynamics of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in the northernmost state of Brazil: a likely port-of-entry for dengue virus 4

Roraima is the northernmost state of Brazil, bordering both Venezuela and Guyana. Appropriate climate and vector conditions for dengue transmission together with its proximity to countries where all four dengue serotypes circulate make this state, particularly the capital Boa Vista, strategically im...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Torres Codeço, Nildimar Alves Honório, Cláudia M Ríos-Velásquez, Maria da Conceição Alves dos Santos, Ingrid Vieira de Mattos, Sérgio Bessa Luz, Izabel Cristina Reis, Guilherme Bernardino da Cunha, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Pantelis Tsouris, Márcia Gonçalves de Castro, Ramão Luciano Nogueira Hayd, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti
dengue fever
ovitraps
seasonality
Amazon
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