María Victoria Micieli

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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Juan J. García

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Evangelina Muttis

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Gerardo A. Martí

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Juan José García

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

María Fernanda Achinelly

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

María Cecilia Tranchida

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Sheila Ons

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Melisa Berenice Bonica

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Ailen Chuchuy

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

James J. Becnel

Agricultural Research Service

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Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Centro Científico Tecnológico - La Plata

Centro Científico Tecnológico - San Juan

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Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán

Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud

Yale University

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Entomología médica y veterinaria

Jorge Barneche Walter Ferrari Francisco Luis Giambelluca Luis Alberto Giambelluca Mariano Mastropaolo

Este libro reúne los principales conceptos referidos a la sistemática, biología, control e importancia como transmisores de patógenos que generan enfermedades y otros perjuicios para el hombre y los animales, de los artrópodos de interés médico y veterinario en Argentina.

10.35537/10915/155007

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Mosquito Iridescent Virus: New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions

Neotropical Entomology (2020)

Evangelina Muttis María Victoria Micieli Melisa Berenice Bonica Pablo Daniel Ghiringhelli Juan J. García

Iridovirus

Epizootic

Enzootic

10.1007/s13744-019-00755-9

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Global genetic diversity ofAedes aegypti

Molecular Ecology (2016)

Andrea Gloria‐Soria Diégo Ayala Ambicadutt Bheecarry Ólger Calderón-Arguedas Dave D. Chadee

Mosquitoes, especially Aedes aegypti, are becoming important models for studying invasion biology. We characterized genetic variation at 12 microsatellite loci in 79 populations of Ae. aegypti from 30 countries in six continents, and used them to infer historical and modern patterns of invasion. Our results support the two subspecies Ae. aegypti formosus and Ae. aegypti aegypti as genetically distinct units. Ae. aegypti aegypti populations outside Africa are derived from ancestral African populations and are monophyletic. The two subspecies co-occur in both East Africa (Kenya) and West Africa (Senegal). In rural/forest settings (Rabai District of Kenya), the two subspecies remain genetically distinct, whereas in urban settings, they introgress freely. Populations outside Africa are highly genetically structured likely due to a combination of recent founder effects, discrete discontinuous habitats and low migration rates. Ancestral populations in sub-Saharan Africa are less genetically structured, as are the populations in Asia. Introduction of Ae. aegypti to the New World coinciding with trans-Atlantic shipping in the 16th to 18th centuries was followed by its introduction to Asia in the late 19th century from the New World or from now extinct populations in the Mediterranean Basin. Aedes mascarensis is a genetically distinct sister species to Ae. aegypti s.l. This study provides a reference database of genetic diversity that can be used to determine the likely origin of new introductions that occur regularly for this invasive species. The genetic uniqueness of many populations and regions has important implications for attempts to control Ae. aegypti, especially for the methods using genetic modification of populations.

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Mediterranean Basin

10.1111/mec.13866

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Wolbachia infection in natural mosquito populations from Argentina

Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Ailen Chuchuy Marcela S. Rodriguero Ana Carolina Alonso Marina Stein María Victoria Micieli

Abstract The increasing spread of mosquito vectors has made mosquito-borne arboviral diseases a global threat to public health, leading to the urgent need for effective control of such populations. Methods based in the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia Hertig, 1936 are considered environmentally friendly, human-safe, and potentially cost-effective biocontrol strategies to control arboviral diseases. In order to minimize undesirable side effects, it is relevant to understand if Wolbachia ranges in the area and the diversity associated to native infections before implementation. With this purpose, we investigated Wolbachia infection status, diversity and prevalence in populations of Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart, 1838), Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz, 1904), and hybrids of the Culex pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758) complex from Argentina. Additionally, we preliminarily explored the influence of environmental temperature on the Wolbachia prevalence in Ae. fluviatilis. Aedes albifasciatus and Cx. pipiens complex samples were collected in the province of Buenos Aires, and Ae. fluviatilis in the province of Misiones. Aedes albifasciatus was uninfected and infections with strains wFlu and wPip were revealed in Ae. fluviatilis and hybrids of the Cx. pipiens complex, respectively. All strains were fixed or close to fixation and clustered within supergroup B. No effects of environmental temperature on Wolbachia prevalence of Ae. fluviatilis larvae were revealed, at least with the current design. These results provide valuable information on Wolbachia strains found in natural populations of mosquitoes from Argentina that might be used in heterologous infections in the future or must have taken into account when designing control strategies based on Wolbachia infection.

10.21203/rs.3.rs-4361303/v1

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Correction: First report on knockdown resistance mutations in wild populations of Aedes aegypti from Argentina determined by a novel multiplex high-resolution melting polymerase chain reaction method

Parasites & Vectors (2023)

Alberto N. Barrera-Illanes María Victoria Micieli Marina Ibáñez Shimabukuro María Soledad Santini Ademir Jesus Martins

High Resolution Melt

Parasitology

Multiplex

Insecticide Resistance

Knockdown resistance

10.1186/s13071-023-05894-y

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Epizootiological studies of Amblyospora camposi (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae) in Culex renatoi (Diptera: Culicidae) and Paracyclops fimbriatus fimbriatus (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) in a bromeliad habitat

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2006)

María Victoria Micieli Gerardo A. Martí Juan José García María Cecilia Tranchida James J. Becnel

Epizootiology

Infectivity

Horizontal transmission

10.1016/j.jip.2006.08.004

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Journal of Medical Entomology (2018)

Evangelina Muttis Agustín Balsalobre Ailen Chuchuy Carolina Mangudo Alexander T. Ciota

Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is a vector of many medically significant viruses in the Americas, including dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus. Traits such as longevity, fecundity, and feeding behavior contribute to the ability of Ae. aegypti to serve as a vector of these pathogens. Both local environmental factors and population genetics could contribute to variability in these traits. We performed a comparative study of Ae. aegypti populations from four geographically and environmentally distinct collection sites in Argentina in which the cohorts from each population were held at temperature values simulating a daily cycle, with an average of 25°C in order to identify the influence of population on life-history traits. In addition, we performed the study of the same populations held at a daily temperature cycle similar to that of the surveyed areas. According to the results, Aguaray is the most outstanding population, showing features that are important to achieve high fitness. Whereas La Plata gathers features consistent with low fitness. Iguazu was outstanding in blood-feeding rate while Posadas's population showed intermediate values. Our results also demonstrate that climate change could differentially affect unique populations, and that these differences have implications for the capacity for Ae. aegypti to act as vectors for medically important arboviruses.

Life History Theory

10.1093/jme/tjy057

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Database of Sabethes and Haemagogus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Argentina: Sylvatic Vectors of the Yellow Fever Virus

Journal of Medical Entomology (2021)

María Eugenia Cano Gerardo A. Martí Agustín Balsalobre Evangelina Muttis Emiliano Aldo Bruno

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.

10.1093/jme/tjab059

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Use of the neotropical fish Cnesterodon decemmaculatus for long-term control of Culex pipiens L. in Argentina

Biological Control (2009)

María Cecilia Tranchida Sebastián A. Pelizza Vilma Bisaro Carolina Aranda Beltrán Juan J. García

Culex pipiens

10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.11.006

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Epizootiological Studies of Amblyospora albifasciati (Microsporidiida: Amblyosporidae) in Natural Populations of Aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Mesocyclops annulatus (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) in a Transient Floodwater Habitat

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2001)

María Victoria Micieli Juan José García Theodore G. Andreadis

Epizootiology

10.1006/jipa.2000.4995

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