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Updating the geographical distribution and frequency of Aedes albopictus in Brazil with remarks regarding its range in the Americas

Overview of attention for article published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, September 2014
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Title
Updating the geographical distribution and frequency of Aedes albopictus in Brazil with remarks regarding its range in the Americas
Published in
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, September 2014
DOI 10.1590/0074-0276140304
Pubmed ID
25317707
Authors

Roberta Gomes Carvalho/, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ima Aparecida Braga

Abstract

The geographical distribution of Aedes albopictus in Brazil was updated according to the data recorded across the country over the last eight years. Countrywide house indexes (HI) for Ae. albopictus in urban and suburban areas were described for the first time using a sample of Brazilian municipalities. This mosquito is currently present in at least 59% of the Brazilian municipalities and in 24 of the 27 federal units (i.e., 26 states and the Federal District). In 34 Brazilian municipalities, the HI values for Ae. albopictus were higher than those recorded for Ae. aegypti, reaching figures as high as HI = 7.72 in the Southeast Region. Remarks regarding the current range of this mosquito species in the Americas are also presented. Nineteen American countries are currently infested and few mainland American countries have not confirmed the occurrence of Ae. albopictus. The large distribution and high frequency of Ae. albopictus in the Americas may become a critical factor in the spread of arboviruses like chikungunya in the new world.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Madagascar 1 <1%
Unknown 231 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 41 17%
Student > Bachelor 34 14%
Researcher 33 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 23 10%
Other 50 21%
Unknown 31 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 86 36%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 32 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 14 6%
Environmental Science 8 3%
Other 32 13%
Unknown 42 18%

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 27 August 2022.
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#4,262,746
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Outputs from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#106
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#43,482
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Outputs of similar age from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#6
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