Identification of dengue viruses in naturally infected Aedes aegypti females captured with BioGents (BG)-Sentinel traps in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

• Main Authors: Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo, Maria Paula Gomes Mourão, Yasmin Emile Conte Abi-Abib, Cintia Mara de Oliveira, Rosemary Roque, Tatiana de Azara, Jorg Ohly, Carolin Degener, Martin Geier, Álvaro Eduardo Eiras
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Virus; Molecular tests; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/53ccb859819049d396134ad55e8b543d

Introduction In Manaus, the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever were registered in 1998. Since then, dengue cases were diagnosed by the isolation of viruses 1, 2, 3, and 4. Methods One hundred eighty-seven mosquitoes were collected with BioGents (BG)-Sentinel traps in 15 urban residential areas in the Northern Zone of Manaus and processed by molecular tests. Results Infections with dengue viruses 1, 2, 3, and 4 and a case of co-infection with dengue viruses 2 and 3 were identified. Conclusions These findings corroborate the detection of dengue in clinical samples and reinforce the need for epidemiological surveillance by the Health authorities.