Aedes aegypti spreading in South America: new coldest and southernmost records
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 115: e190496, 2020. tab, graf
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| ID: biblio-1135286
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ABSTRACT
The geographic distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) in South America has been expanding during the last decades. Herein we present two new distribution records that extend its southern limits towards localities with extremer environmental conditions than reported to date. San Antonio Oeste constitutes the southernmost finding for the continent (40º44'S), whereas Tandil is the infested locality with the coldest mean annual temperature in Argentina (14.17ºC). The projection of a previous distribution model for Ae. aegypti predicts these two cities as positive and suggests several other localities with suitable conditions for vector proliferation beyond its assumed distribution limits.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
LILACS
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SES-SP
Asunto principal:
Aedes
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Mosquitos Vectores
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Argentina