Biomaterial Database

First Report of Aedes albopictus in Guerrero State, Mexico. 2019

Cassandra González-Acosta, and Fabián Correa-Morales, and Israel Canche-Aguilar, and Rufino Silva-Domínguez, and Ma Concepción Salgado-Alonzo, and Raúl Muñoz-Urias, and Víctor Manuel Salazar-Bueyes, and Miguel Moreno-García

In 1988, Aedes albopictus was first described in Mexico. Since then, it has been recorded in most of the coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico, 3 states in Central Mexico and 2 states on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. This is the first report documenting the presence of this invasive species in Guerrero, a state with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean. This evidence suggests that the distribution of Ae. albopictus is expanding throughout Mexico. It remains unknown the extent to which Ae. albopictus contributes to vector-borne disease transmission in this country; however, the risk should not be neglected.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008800	Mexico	A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D005260	Female		Females
D000072138	Mosquito Vectors	Mosquitoes (members of the family CULICIDAE) that transmit pathogens or their intermediate forms from one host to another.	Mosquito Vector,Vector, Mosquito,Vectors, Mosquito
D000330	Aedes	A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. YELLOW FEVER and DENGUE are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus.	Aede
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D058865	Introduced Species	Non-native organisms brought into a region, habitat, or ECOSYSTEM by human activity.	Alien Species,Invasive Species,Alien Specy
D063147	Animal Distribution	A process by which animals in various forms and stages of development are physically distributed through time and space.	Animal Dispersal,Animal Dispersals,Animal Distributions,Dispersal, Animal,Dispersals, Animal,Distribution, Animal,Distributions, Animal