Urban and semi-urban mosquitoes of Mexico City: A risk for endemic mosquito-borne disease transmission.

ABSTRACT: Since past century, vector-borne diseases have been a major public health concern in several states of Mexico. However, Mexico City continues to be free of endemic mosquito-borne viral diseases. The city is the most important politic and economic state of Mexico and one of the most important city of Latin America. Its subtropical highland climate and high elevation (2240 masl) had historically made the occurrence of Aedes species unlikely. However, the presence of other potential disease vectors (Culex spp, Culiseta spp), and the current intermittent introductions of Aedes aegypti, have revealed that control programs must adopt routine vector surveillance in the city. In this study, we provide an updated species list from a five-years of vector surveillance performed in Mexico City. A tota

SUBMITTER: Davalos-Becerril E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6402764 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature