Article
Genetic analysis of invasive Aedes albopictus populations in Los Angeles County, California and its potential public health impact.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhong Daibin, Lo Eugenia, Hu Renjie, Metzger Marco E, Cummings Robert, Bonizzoni Mariangela, Fujioka Kenn K, Sorvillo Teresa E, Kluh Susanne, Healy Sean P, Fredregill Chris, Kramer Vicki L, Chen Xiaoguang, Yan Guiyun
Abstract excerpt
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is an anthropophilic aggressive daytime-biting nuisance and an efficient vector of certain arboviruses and filarial nematodes. Over the last 30 years, this species has spread rapidly through human travel and commerce from its native tropical forests of Asia to every continent except Antarctica. In 2011, a population of Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) was...
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- California
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Insect Vectors
- Introduced Species
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mosquito Control
- Phylogeny