Ascogregarina taiwanensis infection in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Santa Catarina, South Brazil

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作者
Prophiro, Josiane Somariva [1 ,2 ]
Pereira, Thiago Nunes [2 ,3 ]
de Oliveira, Joice Guilherme [2 ]
Dandolini, Guilherme Werner [2 ]
Navarro da Silva, Mario Antonio [1 ]
da Silva, Onilda Santos [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Zool, Curso Programa Posgrad Entomol, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
[2] Univ Sul Santa Catarina, Dept Ciencias Saude, Grp Pesquisa Imunoparasitol, Tubarao, SC, Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Microbiol Imunol & Parasitol, Inst Ciencias Basicas Saude, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
关键词
Ascogregarina taiwanensis; DNA sequence; South Brazil; TEMPERATE ARGENTINA; CULICIS APICOMPLEXA; LECUDINIDAE; DIPTERA; PREVALENCE; MOSQUITOS; LARVAE;
D O I
10.1590/0037-8682-0048-2016
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Introduction: This study registers Ascogregarina spp. infection in field populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a subtropical region of Brazil. Methods: Mosquito larvae collected in tires placed in four municipalities of Santa Catarina were identified morphologically and assessed for Ascogregarina sp. infection using morphological and molecular methods. Results: Both mosquito species harbored Ascogregarina taiwanensis, whose genomic DNA was confirmed in both the Aedes species by PCR. DNA sequences were deposited in GenBank. Conclusion: Both Ae. albopictus e Ae. aegypti harbor Ascogregarina sp.
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页数:4
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