Genetic diversity of Brazilian Aedes aegypti: patterns following an eradication program.

• Main Authors: Fernando A Monteiro (Author), Renata Schama (Author), Ademir J Martins (Author), Andrea Gloria-Soria (Author), Julia E Brown (Author), Jeffrey R Powell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aedes aegypti is the most important vector of dengue fever in Brazil, where severe epidemics have recently taken place. Ae. aegypti in Brazil was the subject of an intense eradication program in the 1940s and 50s to control yellow fever. Brazil was the largest country declared free of this mosquito...