[Occurrence of Aedes albopictus in the state of Pará, Brazil].
It is first reported the detection of Aedes (Stg) albopictus mosquitoes in state of Par , Brazil, in the urban area of Medicil ndia, a municipality far 90 km from Altamira, where 42 adult mosquitoes were baited using human attraction. All mosquitoes were pooled and inoculated into C6/36 and suckling mice in attempts for virus isolation. No virus was isolated. The occurrence of Aedes albopictus in urban areas of the Amazon region is of concern since dengue and yellow fever viruses are endemic in the Amazon and thus there is a potential risk for this mosquito species to become infected with both viruses.
Segura
Maria de Nazaré de Oliveira
Mde N
Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, PA, Brasil. nazalu@hotmail.com
Monteiro
Hamilton Antonio de Oliveira
HA
Lopes
Ernani da Silva
Eda S
da Silva
Orlando Vaz
OV
Castro
Francisco Corrêa
FC
Vasconcelos
Pedro Fernando da Costa
PF
D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001938:Brazil; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013045:Species Specificity; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000635:transmission; D015005:Yellow fever virus / Q000302:isolation & purification