Article
Origin of a High-Latitude Population of Aedes aegypti in Washington, DC.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 2018
Gloria-Soria Andrea, Lima Andrew, Lovin Diane D, Cunningham Joanne M, Severson David W, Powell Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
An overwintering population of Aedes aegypti has been documented in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, since 2011. Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) sequence data presented in a previous study traced the origin to the New World. Here, we use microsatellite and 14,071 single nucleotide polymorphisms along with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences on Washington Ae. aegypti samples and samples...
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- District of Columbia
- Genetic Background
- Genotype
- Geographic Mapping
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mosquito Vectors
