Check List 17(3): 911-915, doi: 10.15560/17.3.911
Expansion of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in northern Brazil: new records and distribution in urban areas of Macapa city
Josiane Nogueira Muller‡§|, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo§, Wellington Monteiro dos Santos§, Evan Pinto Ferro¶, Luciana dos Santos Dias‡, Ana Paula Sales de Andrade Corrêa§‡|, Marcio Cláudio de Lima Nunes#, Josean Silva Jesus#, José Bento Pereira Lima¤«‡ Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle de Artrópodes Vetores, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Núcleo de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Brazil| Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil¶ Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Núcleo de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Brazil# Prefeitura Municipal de Macapá, Departamento de vigilância ambiental, Setor de Entomologia, Macapá, Brazil¤ Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle de Artrópodes Vetores, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil« Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corresponding author: Josiane Nogueira Muller ( jnmuller@outlook.com ) Academic editor: Fabio Laurindo da Silva © Josiane Nogueira Muller, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Wellington Monteiro dos Santos, Evan Pinto Ferro, Luciana dos Santos Dias, Ana Paula Sales de Andrade Corrêa, Marcio Cláudio de Lima Nunes, Josean Silva Jesus, José Bento Pereira Lima. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Müller JN, Galardo AKR, Santos WM, Ferro EP, Dias LS, Corrêa APSA, Nunes MCL, Jesus JS, Lima JBP (2021) Expansion of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in northern Brazil: new records and distribution in urban areas of Macapa city. Check List 17(3): 911-915. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.911 |  |
Abstract
New investigations using ovitraps showed its presence the Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in four neighborhoods in the metropolitan region of Macapa, capital of Amapa, Brazil. An Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) Infestation Index Rapid Survey (LIRAa) held in January 2020 indicated the presence of Ae. albopictus in 10 different neighborhoods, demonstrating increase dispersion in the municipality. Monitoring the distribution of Ae. albopictus is necessary due to related arboviruses transmission, such as Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. Therefore, this research is relevant to public health in Brazil.
Keywords
Arboviruses, Asian Tiger Mosquito, vector control