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Susceptibility of Selected Strains of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) to Chikungunya Virus
1 Jan 1992
Abstract excerpt
The relative susceptibility of selected strains of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) fed on a viremic monkey to infection with chikungunya virus was determined. Infection rates were consistently higher in 10 strains of Ae. albopictus tested than in 7 strains of Ae. aegypti tested, regardless of the geographic location from which the strains originated or the dose of virus ingested. Similarly, virus...
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