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Evolutionary potential of the extrinsic incubation period of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2016
Ye Yixin H, Chenoweth Stephen F, Carrasco Alison M, Allen Scott L, Frentiu Francesca D, van den Hurk Andrew F, Beebe Nigel W, McGraw Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
Dengue fever is the most common arboviral disease worldwide. It is caused by dengue viruses (DENV) and the mosquito Aedes aegypti is its primary vector. One of the most powerful determinants of a mosquito's ability to transmit DENV is the length of the extrinsic incubation period (EIP), the time it takes for a virus to be transmitted by a mosquito after consuming an infected blood meal. Here, we repeatedly...
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