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Genetic diversity of Brazilian Aedes aegypti: patterns following an eradication program.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Sept 2014
Monteiro Fernando A, Schama Renata, Shama Renata, Martins Ademir J, Gloria-Soria Andrea, Brown Julia E, Powell Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aedes aegypti is the most important vector of dengue fever in Brazil, where severe epidemics have recently taken place. Ae. aegypti in Brazil was the subject of an intense eradication program in the 1940s and 50s to control yellow fever. Brazil was the largest country declared free of this mosquito by the Pan-American Health Organization in 1958. Soon after relaxation of this program, Ae. aegypti...
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