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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 16, Issue 12, Pages 1918-1924Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100608
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- Coordenacao Geral de Laboratorios de Saude Publica da Secretaria de Vigilancia em Saude do Ministerio da Saude
- INCT-FHV/CNPq/FAPESPA/CAPES [573739/2008-0]
- CNPq [300460/2005-8]
- IEC/SVS of the Brazilian Government
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Yellow fever virus (YFV) was isolated from Haemagogus leucocelaenus mosquitoes during an epizootic in 2001 in the Rio Grande do Sul State in southern Brazil In October 2008 a yellow fever outbreak was reported there with nonhuman primate deaths and human cases This latter outbreak led to intensification of surveillance measures for early detection of YFV and support for vaccination programs We report entomologic surveillance in 2 municipalities that recorded nonhuman primate deaths Mosquitoes were collected at ground level identified and processed for virus isolation and molecular analyses Eight YFV strains were isolated (7 from pools of Hg leucocelaenus mosquitoes and another from Aedes serratus mosquitoes) 6 were sequenced and they grouped in the YFV South American genotype I The results confirmed the role of Hg leucocelaenus mosquitoes as the main YFV vector in southern Brazil and suggest that Ae serratus mosquitoes may have a potential role as a secondary vector
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