Patient-based dengue virus surveillance in Aedes aegypti from Recife, Brazil

Patient-based dengue virus surveillance in Aedes aegypti from Recife, Brazil

Background & objectives: Dengue is currently one of the most important arthropod-borne diseasesand may be caused by four different dengue virus serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4), transmittedmainly by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes. With the lack of a dengue vaccine,vector control strat...

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Main Authors: D.R.D. Guedes, M.T. Cordeiro, M.A.V. Melo-Santos, T. Magalhaes, E. Marques, L. Regis, A.F. Furtado, C.F.J. Ayres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Arbovirus
entomological surveillance
mosquito
RT-PCR
vertical transmission
Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/472067.pdf

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