title: Diversity of yellow fever mosquito vectors in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Environmental modifications caused by human activities have led to changes in mosquito vector populations, and sylvatic species have adapted to breeding in urban areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mosquitoes were collected using ovitraps in three sampling sites in the Atlantic Forest in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We collected 2,162 Culicidae specimens. Haemagogus janthinomys and Haemagogus leucocelaenus, both sylvatic yellow fever virus vectors, were the most common species found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a potential for the transmission of arboviruses in and around these natural reserves. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain entomological surveillance programs in the region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jeronimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alencar
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.|Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto Sensu em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cecilia Ferreira de
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leandro Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hélcio Reinaldo
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gil-Santana
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniele de Aguiar
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Departamento de Microbiologia Imunologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Brisola
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Marcondes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Júlia Dos Santos
authors.initials: Jdos S
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D065928:Forests; D000072138:Mosquito Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000635:transmission