First isolation of dengue 1 virus from Aedes aegypti in Federal District, Brazil


Autoria(s): Dégallier,Nicolas; Teixeira,José Marcus S.; Vilarinhos,Paulo de Tarso R.; Pinto,Santuzza C.F.; Pereira,Regilene D.
Data(s)

01/02/2000

Resumo

Dengue is present in the Federal District since 1991 and virological studies of the vector began in 1998. Two strains of DEN1 were isolated from 9 pools of female Aedes aegypti (78 mosq.), collected in April in Gama county, where the Breteau index was 5.4, and 32 autochtonous human cases were notified.

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Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.33 n.1 2000

Palavras-Chave #Isolation #DEN1 #Aedes aegypti #Federal District
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journal article