Development of an urban molecular xenomonitoring system for lymphatic filariasis in the Recife Metropolitan Region, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Anita Ramesh (Author), Mary Cameron (Author), Kirstin Spence (Author), Remy Hoek Spaans (Author), Maria A V Melo-Santos (Author), Marcelo H S Paiva (Author), Duschinka R D Guedes (Author), Rosangela M R Barbosa (Author), Claudia M F Oliveira (Author), André Sá (Author), Claire L Jeffries (Author), Priscila M S Castanha (Author), Paula A S Oliveira (Author), Thomas Walker (Author), Neal Alexander (Author), Cynthia Braga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION:Molecular xenomonitoring (MX)-pathogen detection in the mosquito rather than human-is a promising tool for lymphatic filariasis (LF) surveillance. In the Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), the last LF focus in Brazil, Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes have been implicated in transmitting...