Microsatellite‐based analysis revealsAedes aegyptipopulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia result from colonization by both the ancestral African and the global domestic forms

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Abstract The Aedes aegypti(Linnaeus, 1762) mosquito is the main vector of dengue, chikungunya and Zika and is well established today all over the world. The species comprises two forms: the ancestral form found throughout Africa and a global domestic form that spread to the rest of the tropics and subtropics. In Saudi Arabia,A. aegyptihas been known in the southwest since 1956, and previous genetic studies...

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