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Maternal invasion history of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus into the Isthmus of Panama: Implications for the control of emergent viral disease agents.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Eskildsen Gilberto A, Rovira Jose R, Smith Octavio, Miller Matthew J, Bennett Kelly L, McMillan W Owen, Loaiza Jose
Abstract excerpt
Despite an increase in dengue outbreaks and the arrival of chikungunya and Zika disease in Panama, studies on the demographic history of the invasive Aedes mosquitoes that are the principle vectors of these diseases are still lacking in this region. Here, we assess the genetic diversity of these mosquitoes in order to decipher their invasion histories into the Isthmus of Panama. DNA sequences from the...
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