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Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017 / Research Letter

Early Evidence for Zika Virus Circulation among Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tania Ayllón, Renata de Mendonça Campos, Patrícia Brasil, Fernanda Cristina Morone, Daniel Cardoso Portela Câmara, Guilherme Louzada Silva Meira, Egbert Tannich, Kristie Aimi Yamamoto, Marilia Sá Carvalho, Renata Saraiva Pedro, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Daniel Cadar, Davis Fernandes Ferreira, and Nildimar Alves Honório

Author affiliations: Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas–Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (T. Ayllón, P. Brasil, R.S. Pedro); Núcleo Operacional Sentinela de Mosquitos Vetores-Nosmove–Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro (T. Ayllón, F.C. Morone, D.C.P. Câmara, N.A. Honório); Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (R.M. Campos, G.L.S. Meira, K.A. Yamamoto, D.F. Ferreira); Instituto Oswaldo Cruz–Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro (D.C.P. Câmara, N.A. Honório); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (E. Tannich, J. Schmidt-Chanasit, D. Cadar); Programa de Computação Científica–Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro (M.S. Carvalho); German Centre for Infection Research Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg (J. Schmidt-Chanasit)

Abstract

During 2014–2016, we conducted mosquito-based Zika virus surveillance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Results suggest that Zika virus was probably introduced into the area during May–November 2013 via multiple in-country sources. Furthermore, our results strengthen the hypothesis that Zika virus in the Americas originated in Brazil during October 2012–May 2013.

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Keywords: Zika Virus; Brazil; Mosquitoes; Aedes Aegypti.

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