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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
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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 coun...
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