Sabethes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with bamboo internodes in Pariquera-Açu and Cananeia, São Paulo State, Brazil [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalBackground: Mosquitoes of the genus Sabethes are widespread in South and Central America, and some species are associated with yellow fever transmission.
Rafael Oliveira-Christe +6 more
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Development of a simple trap using widely available materials for collecting immature Sabethines (Diptera: Culicidae) and first records of Sabethes batesi and Wyeomyia nigritubus in Sergipe, Brazil [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalBackground: The collection of immature Sabethines from natural habitats is challenging. Objective: To develop a low-cost and effective trap using widely available materials. Methods: A perforated coconut endocarp filled with water was installed in the
David Campos Andrade +4 more
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Sylvatic Mosquito Viromes in the Cerrado Biome of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Discovery of New Viruses and Implications for Arbovirus Transmission [PDF]
VirusesStudies on animal virome have mainly concentrated on chordates and medically significant invertebrates, often overlooking sylvatic mosquitoes, constituting a major part of mosquito species diversity. Despite their potential role in arbovirus transmission,
Luis Janssen Maia +6 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2016–2018 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe detected St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) in 0.16% (3/3,375) of Aedes and Sabethes spp. mosquitoes captured during 2016–2018 in São Paulo State, Brazil. We also isolated and confirmed that the SLEV strains belong to genotype III.
Giovana Santos Caleiro +14 more
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Viruses, 2018 The introduction of Zika virus (ZIKV) to the Americas raised concern that the virus would spill back from human transmission, perpetuated by Aedes aegypti, into a sylvatic cycle maintained in wildlife and forest-living mosquitoes.
Kathryn A. Hanley +2 more
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Assessing the Sylvatic Yellow Fever Vectors in Southern Brazil [PDF]
InsectsYellow fever (YF) is an infectious disease caused by the yellow fever virus (YFV), an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family. It is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes of the Culicidae family and affects both humans and non-human primates ...
Sabrina Fernandes Cardoso +10 more
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Two New Species of the Subgenus Peytonulus of Sabethes (Diptera: Culicidae) From Colombia
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995 The adults and male genitalia of two new species of Sabethes subgenus Peytonulus are described from Colombia. The male genitalia are illustrated and the species are distinguished from one another and other members of the subgenus.
Ralph E. Harbach
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Biological and behavioral features and colonization of the sylvatic mosquito Sabethes identicus (Diptera: Culicidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Mosquitoes of the genus Sabethes are exclusively sylvatic species occurring in Central and South Americas, where they play a role in the transmission of arbovirus.
Maria Ignez Lima Bersot +5 more
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Assessing Urban Yellow Fever Transmission Risk: Aedes aegypti Vector Competence in Argentina [PDF]
VirusesYellow fever is a viral disease with historical importance since epidemics caused thousands of deaths at the end of the 19th century in Argentina. That event was associated with the presence of Aedes aegypti.
Estefanía R. Boaglio +7 more
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Sabethes (Peytonulus) Luxodens, a New Species of Sabethini (Diptera: Culicidae) From Ecuador
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999 The adult male, larva and pupa of Sabethes (Peytonulus) luxodens, a new species from Ecuador, are described.
Ralph E. Harbach
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