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Aedes aegypti in Brazil: genetically differentiated populations with high susceptibility to dengue and yellow fever viruses.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2004
Lourenço-de-Oliveira R, Vazeille M, de Filippis A M, Failloux A B
Abstract excerpt
Aedes aegypti was eliminated from Brazil in 1955, but re-infested the country in the 1970s. Dengue outbreaks have occurred since 1981 and became endemic in several cities in Brazil after 1986. Urban yellow fever has not occurred since 1942, and only jungle yellow fever cases have been reported. A population genetic analysis using isoenzyme variation combined with an evaluation of susceptibility to both yellow...
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