Incursion and establishment of the Old World arbovirus vector Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus (Bigot, 1861) in the Americas

2020/11/05 by Benedict B. Pagac, Alexandra Spring, Jonathan R. Stawicki +6 · 1 citation
Medicine · #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Malaria Research and Control #Viral Infections and Vectors

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105739

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Abstract

-baited CDC light trap. Morphological and molecular analysis confirmed the presence of Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus (Bigot, 1861) - the first record of the Old World dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever virus vector into the Americas - and provides evidence for its establishment in Cuba. Newly submitted GenBank sequences from Dominican Republic further evidence its establishment in the Caribbean, and a median-joining network analysis using mitochondrial COI gene sequences clearly supports multiple introductions of Ae. vittatus into the Caribbean from the Indian subcontinent. It was determined that many Ae. vittatus COI barcode sequences in GenBank are currently misidentified as Aedes (Fredwardsius) cogilli Edwards, 1922.

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• Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies

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• Aedes vittatus [wikipedia]

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