Chikungunya virus Detection in <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Culex quinquefasciatus </i>during an Outbreak in the Amazon Region

Chikungunya virus Detection in <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Culex quinquefasciatus </i>during an Outbreak in the Amazon Region

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was first reported in Brazil in 2014 and, after it spread countrywide, an outbreak of febrile illness with reports of arthralgia happened in the municipality of Xinguara, Pará, Brazil in 2017, indicating the virus’ circulation. Here, we aimed to investigate CHIKV in mosquit...

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Main Authors: Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Glennda Juscely Galvão Pereira, Maissa Maia Santos, Hamilton Antônio de Oliveira Monteiro, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Carine Fortes Aragão, Lívia Carício Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
Chikungunya
<i>Aedes aegypti</i>
<i>Culex quinquefasciatus</i>
East-Central-South-Africa genotype
entomological surveillance
Amazon
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/8/853

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