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Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 May 2015
Vega-Rúa Anubis, Lourenço-de-Oliveira Ricardo, Mousson Laurence, Vazeille Marie, Fuchs Sappho, Yébakima André, Gustave Joel, Girod Romain, Dusfour Isabelle, Leparc-Goffart Isabelle, Vanlandingham Dana L, Huang Yan-Jang S, Lounibos L Philip, Mohamed Ali Souand, Nougairede Antoine, de Lamballerie Xavier, Failloux Anna-Bella
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), mainly transmitted in urban areas by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, constitutes a major public health problem. In late 2013, CHIKV emerged on Saint-Martin Island in the Caribbean and spread throughout the region reaching more than 40 countries. Thus far, Ae. aegypti mosquitoes have been implicated as the sole vector in the outbreaks, leading to the...
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