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| Mucci,Luis Filipe; Cardoso Júnior,Rubens Pinto; Paula,Marcia Bicudo de; Scandar,Sirle Abdo Salloum; Pacchioni,Márcio Lunardeli; Fernandes,Aristides; Consales,Cleide Aschenbrenner. |
| AbstractBackground The reintroduction of sylvatic yellow fever in the state of São Paulo after about six decades was confirmed in the Northwestern region in 2000, where in 2008 there also occurred an important epizootic. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feeding habits of culicids potentially involved in the sylvatic transmission of the virus in this region.Methods Specimens were collected in 24 forested localities at ground level with hand nets and mouth aspirators. Collections were made quarterly between October 2006 and July 2008 during daylight hours. Blood-meal identification was carried out in mosquitoes of the tribes Aedini, Mansoniini and Sabethini. The biotin/avidin sandwich ELISA was employed to determine six source types: bird,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Feeding habit; Sylvatic yellow fever; Neotropical mosquitoes; Non-human primate; Forest fragmentation. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100316 |
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