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The Rôle of Aëdes leucocelaenus in the Epidemiology of Jungle Yellow Fever in Brazil*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Henry W. Kumm  and
Nelson L. Cerqueira
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Aëdes leucocelaenus transmits yellow fever virus readily in the laboratory and has twice been found infected in nature.

Except in south Brazil this species is much less common than Haemagogus spegazzinii among day-biting sylvan mosquitos captured with human bait.

A. leucocelaenus has a wide distribution throughout the forested area of this country.

As a natural vector of jungle yellow fever in the northern part of Brazil it is of secondary importance when compared to H. spegazzinii.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , September 1951 , pp. 195 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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