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Comparative Susceptibility of Mosquito Populations in North Queensland, Australia to Oral Infection with Dengue Virus
14 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
Dengue is the most prevalent arthropod-borne virus, with at least 40% of the world's population at risk of infection each year. In Australia, dengue is not endemic, but viremic travelers trigger outbreaks involving hundreds of cases. We compared the susceptibility of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from two geographically isolated populations to two strains of dengue virus serotype 2. We found, interestingly, that...
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