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Aedes aegypti in south Vietnam: ecology, genetic structure, vectorial competence and resistance to insecticides.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Mar 2003
Huber Karine, Le Loan Luu, Hoang Tran Huu, Tien Tran Khanh, Rodhain François, Failloux Anna-Bella
Abstract excerpt
In Vietnam, dengue hemorrhagic fever has been detected since the 1950s. In Southeast Asia, urban centers expanded rapidly in an uncontrolled and unplanned way. The Aedes aegypti populations and dengue viruses thrived in these new ecological and demographic settings. The result of these changes was a greatly extended geographic distribution, increased densities of Ae. aegypti and the maintenance of the four dengue...
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