Detection of Zika and dengue viruses in wild-caught mosquitoes collected during field surveillance in an environmental protection area in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Species of the genus Flavivirus are widespread in Brazil and are a major public health concern. The country's largest city, São Paulo, is in a highly urbanized area with a few forest fragments which are commonly used for recreation. These can be considered to present a potential risk of flavivirus transmission to humans as they are home simultaneously to vertebrate hosts and mosquitoes that are potential flavivirus vectors. The aim of this study was to conduct flavivirus surveillance in field-collected mosquitoes in the Capivari-Monos Environmental Protection Area (EPA) and identify the flavivirus species by sequence analysis in flavivirus IFA-positive pools. Monthly mosquito collections were carried out from March 2016 to April 2017 with CO2-baited CDC light traps. Specimens were identifi

SUBMITTER: Barrio-Nuevo KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567345 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature