Low genetic diversity in Wolbachia-Infected Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil and Argentina

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Sirlei Antunes Morais, Fábio de Almeida, Lincoln Suesdek, Mauro Toledo Marrelli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2012
• Subjects: Culex quinquefasciatus; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial markers; Wolbachia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Alar; Arctic; Argentina
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652012000600007; https://doaj.org/article/e97ab7038e214e59bccc438d9d879592

Culex quinquefasciatus is a vector of human pathogens, including filarial nematodes and several viruses. Although its epidemiological relevance is known to vary across geographical regions, an understanding of its population genetic structure is still incipient. In light of this, we evaluated the ge...