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• Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 33 (1) • Feb 2000 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822000000100016   copy

First isolation of dengue 1 virus from Aedes aegypti in Federal District, Brazil

Primeiro isolamento do vírus dengue 1 a partir de Aedes aegypti no Distrito Federal, Brasil

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Dengue is present in the Federal District since 1991 and virological studies of the vector began in 1998. Two strains of DEN1 were isolated from 9 pools of female Aedes aegypti (78 mosq.), collected in April in Gama county, where the Breteau index was 5.4, and 32 autochtonous human cases were notified.

Isolation; DEN1; Aedes aegypti; Federal District

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