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Aging Field Collected Aedes aegypti to Determine Their Capacity for Dengue Transmission in the Southwestern United States
12 Oct 2012
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Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of dengue virus, is well established throughout urban areas of the Southwestern US, including Tucson, AZ. Local transmission of the dengue virus, however, has not been reported in this area. Although many factors influence the distribution of the dengue virus, we hypothesize that one contributing factor is that the lifespan of female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes in the Southwestern US...
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