Database of<i>Sabethes</i>and<i>Haemagogus</i>(Diptera: Culicidae) in Argentina: Sylvatic Vectors of the Yellow Fever Virus
María Eugenia Cano, Gerardo A. Martí, Agustín Balsalobre, Evangelina Muttis, Emiliano Aldo Bruno, Gustavo Carlos Rossi, María Victoria Micieli
Abstract
Yellow fever is an endemic disease in America caused by an arbovirus that circulates in the sylvatic cycle between nonhuman primates and mosquitoes of the genera Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy and Haemagogus Williston. The main goal of this work is to report the distribution patterns of these genera in Argentina through an updated database built from published records as well as from own sample collections. These genera are represented in Argentina by a total of 18 species distributed in 14 provinces and 10 ecoregions. The ecoregions with greatest biodiversity were Paranense Forest, Yungas, Campos and Malezales. This database will also allow generating distribution maps for these mosquito genera, and their respective species in Argentina, to establish areas with high probability of viral circulation that are an essential input for vector surveillance, as a tool for public health decision-makers.