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Morphological and genetic variability within Aedes aegypti in Niakhar, Senegal.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2010
Paupy Christophe, Brengues Cécile, Ndiath Ousmane, Toty Céline, Hervé Jean-Pierre, Simard Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
Aedes aegypti (Linné, 1762) is a major vector of arboviruses such as Yellow Fever, Dengue and Chikungunya. In Africa, where the species exhibits major variations in morphology, ecology, behavior and vector competence, two subspecies have been described: a light form, named Ae. aegypti aegypti (Aaa) with highly domestic and anthropophilic habits and a cosmotropical distribution; and a dark form, referred to as Ae....
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