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AEDES AEGYPTI AND AEDES ALBOPICTUS - A THREAT IN THE TROPICS

1. Author: Genilton José Vieira
2. Director: Genilton José Vieira
3. Scientific Advisor: Dr .José Bento Pereira de Lima, Dr.Ricardo Lourenço - Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4. Editor: Leonardo Marcus Perim
5. Photography: Genilton José Vieira
6. Music: Dilmar Silva, Martha Lima, Pierre Franco, Rafael Andrade, Ricardo Tritany
7. Sound: Leonardo Marcus Perim
8. Producer: Genilton José Vieira, Leonardo Marcus Perim
9. Production: Production and Image Treatment Service of Oswaldo Cruz Institute/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro
10. Brazil
11. 21 min.
12. 2008

The video aims to contribute to a better understanding of the dispersal of two species of mosquitoes across the continents and their role as transmitters of viruses, giving a special focus on dengue, which in recent years has caused several epidemics in many tropical countries.
These species are Aedes aegypti, vector for dengue and urban yellow fever, and Aedes albopictus, which, besides dengue, transmits the arbovirus of the Japonese Encephalitis.
Mosquitoes of the first species come from the African continent; mosquitoes of the Aedes albopictus, also known as Asian tiger mosquito, are natives of Asia and Oceania.
In the past, with colonization, and more recently, globalization, mosquitoes and pathogens have been more easily disseminated, causing deaths and, therefore, modifying the sanitary conditions and habits of the populations in countries of tropical and subtropical climates.
With global warming, their territories tend to expand, representing a threat for the public health of other populations, especially in areas of great urban concentrations, particularly in areas of disordered human occupation. This is why it’s important to know these species to contribute to fight their proliferation.
The documentary is composed of real and virtual images of mosquitoes, showing the continent of origin, their distribution throughout the world, their morphological characteristics, their eating habits, their feeding mechanisms, their breeding and the environment they live in.