Molecular characterization of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) of Easter Island based on analysis of the mitochondrial ND4 gene

ABSTRACT Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the main vector of viruses Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. Shortly after the first report of the dengue vector Ae. aegypti in Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in late 2000, the first disease outbreak dengue occurred. Viral serotyping during the 2002 outbreak revealed a cl...

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Main Authors: Claudia Andrea Núñez, Christian Raúl González, Víctor Obreque, Brenda Riquelme, Carolina Reyes, Mabel Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000200186&lng=en&tlng=en