Ecological aspects of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the gallery forest of Brasilia National Park, Brazil, with an emphasis on potential vectors of yellow fever

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Ana Raquel Lira-Vieira, Rodrigo Gurgel-Goncalves, Israel Martins Moreira, Maria Amelia Cavalcanti Yoshizawa, Milton Lopes Coutinho, Paulo Sousa Prado, Jorge Lopes de Souza, Antonio Jesus de Melo Chaib, Joao Suender Moreira, Cleudson Nery de Castro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Flavivirus; Haemagogus; Mosquitoes; Vector ecology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Dyar; The Gallery
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0136-2013; https://doaj.org/article/22e1b39d346a41e3b4493103de3eaf60

Introduction We analyzed the vertical and monthly distributions of culicid species in the gallery forest of Brasília National Park, with an emphasis on the potential vectors of yellow fever (YF). Methods Between September 2010 and August 2011, mosquitoes were captured on the ground and in the canopy...