Molecular Differentiation of the African Yellow Fever Vector Aedes bromeliae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Its Sympatric Non-vector Sister Species, Aedes lilii.

• Main Authors: Kelly Louise Bennett (Author), Yvonne-Marie Linton (Author), Fortunate Shija (Author), Martha Kaddumukasa (Author), Rousseau Djouaka (Author), Gerald Misinzo (Author), Julius Lutwama (Author), Yiau-Min Huang (Author), Luke B Mitchell (Author), Miriam Richards (Author), Eric Tossou (Author), Catherine Walton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION:Yellow fever continues to be a problem in sub-Saharan Africa with repeated epidemics occurring. The mosquito Aedes bromeliae is a major vector of yellow fever, but it cannot be readily differentiated from its non-vector zoophilic sister species Ae. lilii using morphological characters....