First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador

Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito, is one of the most widespread invasive vector-borne disease insect in tropical and temperate zones. This species has invaded the Americas over the past 3 decades and has spread to six countries. We report Ae. albop...

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Autores principales: Ponce, Patricio, Morales, Diego, Argoti, Adriana, Cevallos, Varsovia E
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx165
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author Ponce, Patricio
Morales, Diego
Argoti, Adriana
Cevallos, Varsovia E
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description Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito, is one of the most widespread invasive vector-borne disease insect in tropical and temperate zones. This species has invaded the Americas over the past 3 decades and has spread to six countries. We report Ae. albopictus in Guayaquil city, the first time it has been identified in Ecuador. Outdoor BG-Sentinel traps without lures collected a total of 21 Ae. albopictus.
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spelling pubmed-58502162018-03-23 First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador Ponce, Patricio Morales, Diego Argoti, Adriana Cevallos, Varsovia E J Med Entomol Short Communication Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito, is one of the most widespread invasive vector-borne disease insect in tropical and temperate zones. This species has invaded the Americas over the past 3 decades and has spread to six countries. We report Ae. albopictus in Guayaquil city, the first time it has been identified in Ecuador. Outdoor BG-Sentinel traps without lures collected a total of 21 Ae. albopictus. Oxford University Press 2018-01 2017-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5850216/ /pubmed/29029173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx165 Text en © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador
title_full First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador
title_fullStr First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador
title_short First Report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian Tiger Mosquito, in Ecuador
title_sort first report of aedes (stegomyia) albopictus (skuse) (diptera: culicidae), the asian tiger mosquito, in ecuador
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx165
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