Populational analysis of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes based on microsatellites and wing morphometry

• Grant number: 13/18965-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Entomology and Malacology of Parasites and Vectors
• Principal Investigator: Mauro Toledo Marrelli
• Grantee: Gabriela Cristina de Carvalho
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

On the necessity of studying the changes made in the urban environment and the installation of synanthropic insects in densely inhabited by the human population, this project aims to contribute to the knowledge of population analysis of two culicids species, Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex nigripalpus, both considered potential vectors of several Arbovirus, which can lead to changes in the spectra of diseases, contributing to the change in the epidemiological profile and harms public health, because they are highly adapted in São Paulo, being easily found inhabiting the city parks. The study of population analysis using microsatellites and morphometric analysis of wings may contribute to the understanding of the movement of these species within the municipal parks located throughout the city of São Paulo, as well as in the understanding of the maintenance of these species in urban environments, collaborating with the knowledge of their ecology and producing information for controlling of the same, since the investigation of the behavior of the species and possible subspecies is important in the understanding of diseases that may be installed in the urban environment. Samples of the species of Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. nigripalpus have been already collected during the execution of the project entitled "Biodiversity of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the parks of the city of São Paulo (FAPESP Biota: 2010/51230-8).

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE CARVALHO, GABRIELA CRISTINA; VENDRAMI, DANIEL PAGOTTO; MARRELLI, MAURO TOLEDO; BRUNO WILKE, ANDRE BARRETTO. Wing variation in Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban parks. PARASITES & VECTORS, v. 10, SEP 18 2017. (13/18965-2, 13/15313-4)

DE CARVALHO, GABRIELA CRISTINA; MARRELLI, MAURO TOLEDO; BRUNO WILKE, ANDRE BARRETTO. Microsatellite Markers Transferability in Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 55, n. 5, p. 1334-1336, SEP 2018. (13/18965-2, 13/15313-4)

WILKE, ANDRE BARRETTO BRUNO; DE CARVALHO, GABRIELA CRISTINA; MARRELLI, MAURO TOLEDO. Retention of ancestral polymorphism in Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Sao Paulo, Brazil. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 65, p. 333-339, NOV 2018. (13/15313-4, 13/18965-2)

BRUNO WILKE, ANDRE BARRETTO; DE CARVALHO, GABRIELA CRISTINA; MARRELLI, MAURO TOLEDO. Microgeographic Population Structuring of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 54, n. 6, p. 1582-1588, NOV 2017. (13/18965-2, 13/15313-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CARVALHO, Gabriela Cristina de. Analysis of the population structure of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes using microsatelllite markers and morphometric geometric analysis of the wing. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) São Paulo.