Bromeliad-inhabiting mosquitoes in an urban botanical garden of dengue endemic Rio de Janeiro - Are bromeliads productive habitats for the invasive vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus?

Bromeliad-inhabiting mosquitoes in an urban botanical garden of dengue endemic Rio de Janeiro - Are bromeliads productive habitats for the invasive vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus?

Immatures of both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have been found in water-holding bromeliad axils in Brazil. Removal of these plants or their treatment with insecticides in public and private gardens have been undertaken during dengue outbreaks in Brazil despite uncertainty as to their importanc...

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Main Authors: Márcio Goulart Mocellin, Taynãna César Simões, Teresa Fernandes Silva do Nascimento, Maria Lucia França Teixeira, Leon Philip Lounibos, Ricardo Lourenço de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
dengue
bromeliad mosquitoes
Bromeliaceae
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000800015

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