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Emergence and phylogeography of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Southeastern Iran.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Aug 2026
Nejati Jalil, Koosha Mona, Choubdar Nayyereh, Rahimy Sara, Balouch Hassan, Oshaghi Mohammad Ali
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) is the primary vector of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever viruses. Its recent detection in southeastern Iran raises public health concerns about arbovirus spread to new regions. This study provides the first genetic and phylogeographic analysis of Ae. aegypti populations from Sistan and Baluchistan Province (SBP), Iran, to infer their origin and invasion...
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- Animals
- Aedes
- Iran
- Phylogeography
- Phylogeny
- Haplotypes
- Electron Transport Complex IV
