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Volume 7, Number 7—June 2001

Synopsis

Yellow Fever in Pará State, Amazon Region of Brazil, 1998-1999: Entomologic and Epidemiologic Findings

Pedro F. C. Vasconcelos*Comments to Author , Amélia P.A.T. Rosa*†, Sueli G. Rodrigues*, Elizabeth S.T. Rosa*, Hamilton A.O. Monteiro*, Ana C.R. Cruz*, Vera L.R.S. Barros*, Maria R. Souza*, and Jorge F.S.T. Rosa*
Author affiliations: *Instituto Evandro Chagas, FUNASA, Ministry of Health of Brazil, Belém, PA, Brazil; †University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

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Table

Comparison of number of mosquitoes collected on human bait, number of YF strains isolated by place of capture, and minimum infection rate (MIR) for Haemagogus janthinomys, Pará State, Brazil, 1998-1999

Place Year Strains isolated Hg. janthinomys baited MIR Season
Afuá 1998 4 296 (14) 1.35% Rainfall
Altamira 1998 13 819 (54) 0.96%-2.01% Rainfall
Altamira 1999 - 129 (8) - Dry
Breves 1999 11 546 (23) 2.01% Rainfall

( )= No. of lots of pooled mosquitoes in which virus isolation was attempted.

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