Abundance and distribution of sylvatic dengue virus vectors in three different land cover types in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Abundance and distribution of sylvatic dengue virus vectors in three different land cover types in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Abstract Background Mosquito-borne dengue virus (DENV) is maintained in a sylvatic, enzootic cycle of transmission between canopy-dwelling non-human primates and Aedes mosquitoes in Borneo. Sylvatic DENV can spill over into humans living in proximity to forest foci of transmission, in some cases res...

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Main Authors: Katherine I. Young, Stephanie Mundis, Steven G. Widen, Thomas G. Wood, Robert B. Tesh, Jane Cardosa, Nikos Vasilakis, David Perera, Kathryn A. Hanley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Aedes
Mosquito
Spillover
Sylvatic
Dengue virus
Arbovirus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2341-z

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