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Cryptic diversity in an Atlantic Forest malaria vector from the mountains of South-East Brazil.
Parasites & vectors - 15 Jan 2018
de Rezende Dias Guilherme, Fujii Thais Tenorio Soares, Fogel Bernardo Fernandes, Lourenço-de-Oliveira Ricardo, Silva-do-Nascimento Teresa Fernandes, Pitaluga André Nóbrega, Carvalho-Pinto Carlos José, Carvalho Antonio Bernardo, Peixoto Alexandre Afrânio, Rona Luísa Damazio Pitaluga
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii is the primary vector of human and simian malarias in Brazilian regions covered by the Atlantic Rainforest. Previous studies found that An. cruzii presents high levels of behavioural, chromosomal and molecular polymorphisms, which led to the hypothesis that it may be a complex of cryptic species. Here, An. cruzii specimens were collected in five sites in South-East Brazil...
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