Detection of dengue virus serotype 3 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) captured in Manaus, Amazonas

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2005 Dec;100(8):833-9. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000800003. Epub 2006 Jan 20.

Abstract

The detection of dengue virus serotypes from Aedes aegypti in Manaus, state of Amazonas was carried out using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique. Fourteen pools out 82 (17.1%) were positive for DENV3, providing a minimal infection rate of 2.1% of all analyzed infected female specimens of three different areas of the city.

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / virology*
  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Dengue / epidemiology
  • Dengue / transmission
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / classification*
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Male
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Serotyping