This study conducts mosquito-based arbovirus surveillance in Nicaragua and Ecuador, detecting DENV in mosquito pools during the rainy season with varying infection rates between regions.

Journal of Medical Entomology · Sep 22, 2024Peer-reviewedEcology

Whole Genome Sequencing of DENV-2 isolated from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Genomic epidemiology of genotype III Southern Asian-American in the country.

Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo, Diana Gutiérrez-Pallo, Valentina Arévalo, Patricio Ponce, Cristina Rodríguez-Pólit, Damaris Alarcón-Vallejo, Gabriela Echeverría‐Garcés, Joséfina Coloma, Victoria Nipáz, Varsovia Cevallos

The paper sequences DENV-2 from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Ecuador, identifies genotype III Southern Asian-American, and links it to human cases, suggesting potential introduction from Colombia.

bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2024 · PreprintGenomics

Genetic variation of Aedes aegypti populations from Ecuador

Varsovia Cevallos, Denisse Benítez, Joséfina Coloma, Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo, Chunling Wang, Susan Holecheck, Cristina Quiroga, Gabriela Castillo, Britney Tillis, Patricio Ponce

The paper analyzes genetic variation in Aedes aegypti populations from Ecuador using mitochondrial genes, finding two haplotypes with geographic distribution and evidence of balancing selection.

bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2019 · PreprintGenetics