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VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF DENGUE VIRUS IN Aedes aegypti COLLECTED IN PUERTO IGUAZÚ, MISIONES, ARGENTINA

2014; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 56; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46652014000200013

1678-9946

Manuel Espinosa, Sergio Giamperetti, Marcelo Abril, Alfredo Seijo,

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

A finding of vertical transmission of the DEN 3 virus in male specimens of Aedes aegypti, collected in the 2009 fall-winter period, in Puerto Iguazú city, Misiones, Argentina, using the RT-PCR technique in a 15-specimen pool is reported. This result is analyzed within the context of the epidemiological situation of Argentina's northeast border.