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| Title |
First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760160332 |
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| Authors |
Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito, Ieda P Ribeiro, Rafaella Moraes de Miranda, Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes, Stéphanie Silva Campos, Keli Antunes Barbosa da Silva, Marcia Gonçalves de Castro, Myrna C Bonaldo, Patrícia Brasil, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira |
| Abstract |
Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused a major epidemic in Brazil and several other American countries. ZIKV is an arbovirus whose natural vectors during epidemics have been poorly determined. In this study, 1,683 mosquitoes collected in the vicinity of ZIKV suspected cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 2015 to May 2016 were screened for natural infection by using molecular methods. Three pools of Aedes aegypti were found with the ZIKV genome, one of which had only one male. This finding supports the occurrence of vertical and/or venereal transmission of ZIKV in Ae. aegypti in nature. None of the examined Ae. albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus was positive. This is the first report of natural infection by ZIKV in mosquitoes in Brazil and other South American countries. So far, Ae. aegypti is the only confirmed vector of ZIKV during the ongoing Pan-American epidemics. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Brazil | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 204 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 13% |
| Researcher | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 9% |
| Other | 33 | 16% |
| Unknown | 31 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 56 | 27% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 35 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 15% |
| Unknown | 43 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 October 2016.
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#84
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