First official record of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Acre State, Northern Brazil

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2023 Mar 20;65:e20. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202365020. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTAedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1854) was reported in Brazil for the first time in 1986 and has shown marked expansion throughout the Brazilian territory. During a routine activity to control dengue fever conducted by the Division of Entomology of the Municipal Health Department in Rio Branco city, adults and immatures of Culicidae were collected in a peri-urban area. The identified Culicidae forms indicated that they belonged to the species Ae. albopictus. This is the first official record of the presence of Ae. albopictus in the Acre State, confirming its current presence in all Brazilian states.PMID:36946816 | PMC:PMC10027055 | DOI:10.1590/S1678-9946202365020

Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - March 22, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ricardo da Costa Rocha Acigelda da Silva Cardoso Janis Lunier de Souza Eliana da Silva Pereira Marcio Fernandes de Amorim Maria Socorro Martins de Souza Cleomar de Lima Medeiros Maria Francisca Mendes Monteiro Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti Marcia Source Type: research