Oral Susceptibility to Yellow Fever Virus of Aedes aegypti from Brazil

The oral susceptibility to yellow fever virus was evaluated in 23 Aedes aegypti samples from Brazil. Six Ae. aegypti samples from Africa, America and Asia were also tested for comparison. Mosquito samples from Asia showed the highest infection rates. Infection rates for the Brazilian Ae. aegypti rea...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Marie Vazeille, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Anna-Bella Failloux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-04-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000300031