| bioecology and vectorial capacity of aedes albopictus (diptera: culicidae) in macao, china, in relation to dengue virus transmission. | until 2001, the chinese territory of macao had not registered any autochthonous dengue cases, despite the abundance of aedes albopictus (skuse), a known vector. this work describes a bioecological characterization of the local ae. albopictus adult population, with the purpose of estimating the receptivity of macao to dengue introduction. in the wet seasons of 1997 and 1998 and the dry season of 1998, ae. albopictus was the most abundant human-biting mosquito. daily biting rates of 314 mosquitoes ... | 2005 | 15962796 |
| immune reactivity to dengue and aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the population from macao, china, before dengue occurrence. | a serological survey was conducted in macao, china, in 753 individuals, with the objective of looking for antibodies to the mosquito, aedes albopictus (skuse 1894) (diptera: culicidae), and to dengue, before the occurrence of any autochthonous dengue cases. blood samples were collected at several public health services, a questionnaire was answered, and enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (elisa) and western blot techniques were performed with extracts of mosquito head and thorax (ht). anti-aedes ... | 2011 | 21709006 |
| dengue and dengue-like outbreaks in the past: the case of the macau epidemic fever of 1874. | historical sources abound in references to outbreaks of a disease resembling dengue fever. medical observers reported on its rapid onset and great expansion in the population, the diversity and changeability of its clinical features and its overall mildness. in 1874, an epidemic disease with fever, rash and rheumatic pains as main symptoms broke out in the portuguese colony of macau, south china. it was similar to the epidemic disease which swept the colony 2 years before during the socalled den ... | 2012 | 22465327 |