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Haemagogus Capricornii Lutz as a Laboratory Vector of Yellow Fever¹

1. Transmissions of infection with yellow fever virus were obtained in the laboratory by bite of Haemagogus capricornii Lutz, the identity of which was established through the examination of the terminalia of male offspring secured from the infecting females.

2. The capacity of a given insect to transmit infection by bite was not constant.

¹ The studies and observations on which this paper is based were conducted with the support and under the auspices of the Yellow Fever Research Service in Rio de Janeiro, which is maintained jointly by the Ministry of Education and Health of Brazil and the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation.