Differential susceptibility of two field aedes aegypti populations to a low infectious dose of dengue virus.

The infectious dose required to infect mosquito vectors when they take a blood meal from a viremic person is a critical parameter underlying the probability of dengue virus (DENV) transmission. Because experimental vector competence studies typically examine the proportion of mosquitoes that become...

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Main Authors: Arissara Pongsiri, Alongkot Ponlawat, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Richard G Jarman, Thomas W Scott, Louis Lambrechts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3963970?pdf=render