title: [Detection of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the municipality of Istmina, Chocó, Colombia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aedes albopictus is widely distributed around the world. Its introduction to the Americas occurred in 1985 and it is considered a potential vector of dengue viruses and one of the principal vectors of chikungunya virus. In Colombia, this species was reported for the first time in Leticia (Amazonas) in 1998, followed by Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca) in 2001, Barrancabermeja (Santander) in 2010, and Medellín (Antioquia) in 2011. So far, this species has been reported in ten departments of the country. Objective: To report the finding of A. albopictus in the city of Istmina, Chocó, and its implications for public health. Materials and methods: In January 2015, we conducted an inspection of immature stages of Aedes spp. in breeding sites in the neighborhoods of San Agustín, Santa Genoveva and Subestación in Istmina, Chocó. The immature stages collected in this municipality were identified at the Unidad de Entomología of the Laboratorio de Salud Pública Departamental de Chocó, and confirmed by the Laboratorio de Entomología, Red Nacional de Laboratorios, Instituto Nacional de Salud, in Bogotá.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In January 2015, twelve A. albopictus larvae were found in the breeding sites located in Subestación and San Agustín neighborhoods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of A. albopictus in the municipality of Istmina underlines the importance of strengthening continuous entomological surveillance strategies at national and local levels in the country, especially in Istmina and its surrounding municipalities.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitarias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Núcleo Operacional Sentinela de Mosquitos Vetores-NOSMOVE/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. biomedica@ins.gov.co.
authors.forename: José Joaquín
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.forename: Nildimar Alves
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Honorio
authors.forename: Silvia Patricia
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Edinso Rafael
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asprilla
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ardila
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parra-Henao
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D003105:Colombia; D003716:Dengue Virus; D007303:Insect Vectors
keywords: Aedes; Colombia; chikungunya virus; dengue; surveillance