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Two different routes of colonization of Aedes aegypti in Argentina from neighboring countries.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Nov 2009
Dueñas J C Rondan, Llinás G Albrieu, Panzetia-Dutari G M, Gardenal C N
Abstract excerpt
Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera, Culicidae) is the main vector of dengue and yellow fever. In Argentina, the species was apparently eradicated approximately in 1964; by 1986, it was reintroduced. To identify different gene pools in geographical populations of the species and to ascertain the possible routes of colonization, we analyzed the diversity of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in 572 specimens from Argentina and...
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