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Chikungunya virus and the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti in New Caledonia (South Pacific Region).
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2012
Dupont-Rouzeyrol Myrielle, Caro Valérie, Guillaumot Laurent, Vazeille Marie, D'Ortenzio Eric, Thiberge Jean-Michel, Baroux Noémie, Gourinat Ann-Claire, Grandadam Marc, Failloux Anna-Bella
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted to humans through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. During the 2005-2006 epidemic that occurred in the Indian Ocean Islands, a viral strain harboring a substitution of an alanine to valine at position 226 (E1-A226V) of the E1 glycoprotein enhanced the transmissibility of CHIKV by Aedes albopictus. In March 2011, autochthonous transmission of CHIKV was reported in New Caledonia...
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