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Mosquitoes in degraded and preserved areas of the Atlantic Forest and potential for vector-borne disease risk in the municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Ribeiro, Andressa Francisca [1] ; Urbinatti, Paulo Roberto [1] ; Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Ana Maria [2] ; de Paula, Marcia Bicudo [1] ; Pereira, Diego Mendes [2] ; Mucci, Luis Filipe [2] ; Fernandes, Aristides [1] ; Silva Homem de Mello, Maria Helena [3] ; de Matos Junior, Marco Otavio [3] ; de Oliveira, Rosane Correa [3] ; Natal, Delsio [1] ; Malafronte, Rosely dos Santos [4, 5]
Total Authors: 12
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Epidemiol, Fac Saude Publ, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Superintendencia Controle Endemias Estado Sao Paul, Lab Bioquim & Biol Mol, BR-01027000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Superintendencia Controle Endemias, Lab Culicideos SR 03, BR-12020020 Taubate - Brazil
[4] Secretaria Municipal Saude Prefeitura Municipal S, Lab Identificacao & Pesquisa Fauna Sinantrop, Ctr Controle Zoonoses, BR-02031020 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Lab Protozool, Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, BR-05403000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY; v. 37, n. 2, p. 316-324, DEC 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 11
Abstract

In order to assess the epidemiological potential of the Culicidae species in remaining areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, specimens of this family were collected in wild and anthropic environments. A total of 9,403 adult mosquitoes was collected from May, 2009 to June, 2010. The most prevalent among species collected in the wild environment were Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii, the Melanoconion section of Culex (Melanoconion), and Aedes serratus, while the most common in the anthropic site were Coquillettidia chrysonotum/albifera, Culex (Culex) Coronator group, and An. (Ker.) cruzii. Mosquito richness was similar between environments, although the abundance of individuals from different species varied. When comparing diversity patterns between environments, anthropic sites exhibited higher richness and evenness, suggesting that environmental stress increased the number of favorable niches for culicids, promoting diversity. Increased abundance of opportunistic species in the anthropic environment enhances contact with culicids that transmit vector-borne diseases. (AU)