Mosquito Fauna and Spatial Distribution in an Atlantic Forest Area in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, Reveal a High Risk of Transmission of Yellow Fever and Other Arboviruses

Mosquito Fauna and Spatial Distribution in an Atlantic Forest Area in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, Reveal a High Risk of Transmission of Yellow Fever and Other Arboviruses

In 2017–2019, Brazil recorded its most severe outbreak of yellow fever due to the spread of the virus (YFV) in the country’s southeast. Here, we investigated mosquito fauna and the spatial distribution of species in a primatology center in the Atlantic Forest bioregion in Rio de Janeiro state to eva...

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Main Authors: Rafaella Moraes de Miranda, Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito, Júlia dos Santos Silva, Alexandre da Silva Xavier, Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva, Jeronimo Alencar, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Culicidae
diversity
richness
Atlantic Forest
primary vectors
yellow fever
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/12/410

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