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Letter to the Editor

Response to: ‘Lack of evidence for Zika virus transmission by Culex mosquitoes’

Constância AyresInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Duschinka GuedesInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Marcelo PaivaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil;Centro Acadêmico do Agreste, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Caruaru, PE55002-970, Brazil
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Mariana DonatoInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Priscilla BarbosaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Larissa KrokovskyInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Sura RochaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Karina SaraivaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Mônica CrespoInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Tatiana RezendeInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Gabriel WallauInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Rosângela BarbosaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Cláudia OliveiraInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Maria Alice Melo-SantosInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Lindomar PenaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Marli CordeiroInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Rafael FrancaInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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André OliveiraInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Christina PeixotoInstituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). Av. Moraes Rego, s/n Campus da UFPECidade Universitária, Recife, PE50670-420, Brazil
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Walter S LealUniversity of California-Davis, Davis, CA95616, USA
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Pages 1-2 | Received 13 Sep 2017, Accepted 19 Sep 2017, Published online: 15 Jan 2019

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