Knowing the mosquitos of Aedes - Transmitters of arboviruses

This video aims to disseminate knowledge about mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiensis by presenting these arthropods as the vectors for Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses, which in recent years have caused serious public health problem throughout the world. The documentary is permeated with real and virtual images that depict the external and internal morphological characteristicsof mosquitoes. In addition, the evolutionary process of a viral infection progressing in mosquito tissues and organs to become capable of transmitting viruses to new hosts is presented. An emphasis is placed on the incubation period between the time when a mosquitobecomes infected with one of these types of viruses, after having bitten and fed from an infected person, to contaminating additional people.

The cinematographic originality of this work stem from the strategies used in the construction of the scenes that show unpublished details of the life of the mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. The images were obtained by shooting with high-speed cameras at HD resolution, as well as by 3D virtual modeling and animation.

Direction: Genilton José Vieira.
Production: Genilton José Vieira, Leonardo Perim and Alexandro Machado.
Screenplay: Genilton José Vieira, Márcia Gonçalves de Castro, Maria Isabel Madeira Liberto, Maulori Curié Cabral, Norma Labarthe, Ricardo Lourenço de Oliveira
Video Edition: Alexandro Machado and Leonardo Perim.
Computer Graphics: Marcelo Neves and Leonardo Perim.
Narrator: D. William Provance
Soundtrack: Pepe Bornay