Where boundaries become bridges: Mosquito community composition, key vectors, and environmental associations at forest edges in the central Brazilian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Adam Hendy (Author), Eduardo Hernandez-Acosta (Author), Danielle Valério (Author), Nelson Ferreira Fé (Author), Claudia Reis Mendonça (Author), Edson Rodrigues Costa (Author), Eloane Silva de Andrade (Author), José Tenaçol Andes Júnior (Author), Flamarion Prado Assunção (Author), Vera Margarete Scarpassa (Author), Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda (Author), Michaela Buenemann (Author), Nikos Vasilakis (Author), Kathryn A Hanley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Risk of spillover and spillback of mosquito-borne viruses in the neotropics, including yellow fever, dengue, Zika (Flaviviridae: Flavivirus), chikungunya, and Mayaro (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) viruses, is highest at ecotones where humans, monkeys, and mosquitoes coexist. With a view to identifying po...