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1 December 2016 Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Other Mosquitoes Potentially Associated With Sylvatic Yellow Fever In Cantareira State Park In the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil
Luis Filipe Mucci, Antônio Ralph Medeiros-Sousa, Walter Ceretti-Júnior, Aristides Fernandes, Amanda Alves Camargo, Eduardo Evangelista, Rafael de Oliveira Christe, Joyce Montes, Renildo Souza Teixeira, Mauro Toledo Marrelli
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The aim of this work was to investigate whether Haemagogus leucocelaenus and other mosquito species associated with sylvatic transmission of yellow fever virus are present in Cantareira State Park (CSP) in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA). From October 2015 to March 2016, adult mosquitoes were captured with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traps, manual battery-powered aspirators, and Shannon traps; larvae and pupae were collected in natural and artificial breeding sites. A total of 109 adult mosquito specimens and 30 immature forms belonging to 11 taxonomic categories in 4 genera (Aedes, Psorophora, Sabethes, and Haemagogus) were collected, including Hg. leucocelaenus, the main vector of yellow fever. The entomological findings of the present study indicate that the area is of strategic importance for yellow fever surveillance not only because of the significant numbers of humans and nonhuman primates circulating in CSP and its vicinity but also because it represents a potential route for the disease to be introduced to the SPMA.

Copyright © 2016 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.
Luis Filipe Mucci, Antônio Ralph Medeiros-Sousa, Walter Ceretti-Júnior, Aristides Fernandes, Amanda Alves Camargo, Eduardo Evangelista, Rafael de Oliveira Christe, Joyce Montes, Renildo Souza Teixeira, and Mauro Toledo Marrelli "Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Other Mosquitoes Potentially Associated With Sylvatic Yellow Fever In Cantareira State Park In the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 32(4), 329-332, (1 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.2987/16-6587.1
Published: 1 December 2016
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KEYWORDS
Culicidae
Haemagogus leucocelaenus
Metropolitan Area
São Paulo
yellow fever
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