Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe.

Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe.

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 countrie...

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Main Authors: Anubis Vega-Rúa, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Laurence Mousson, Marie Vazeille, Sappho Fuchs, André Yébakima, Joel Gustave, Romain Girod, Isabelle Dusfour, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Dana L Vanlandingham, Yan-Jang S Huang, L Philip Lounibos, Souand Mohamed Ali, Antoine Nougairede, Xavier de Lamballerie, Anna-Bella Failloux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4439146?pdf=render

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