Detection of dengue virus serotype 3 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) captured in Manaus, Amazonas.
The detection of dengue virus serotypes from Aedes aegypti in Manaus, state of Amazonas was carried out using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique. Fourteen pools out 82 (17.1%) were positive for DENV3, providing a minimal infection rate of 2.1% of all analyzed infected female specimens of three different areas of the city.
Pinheiro
Valéria C S
VC
Laboratório de Malária e Dengue, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil. valeria@cesc.uema.br
Tadei
Wanderli P
WP
Barros
Patrícia M S S
PM
Vasconcelos
Pedro F C
PF
Cruz
Ana Cecília R
AC
D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping