Salinity tolerant Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus—Infection with dengue virus and contribution to dengue transmission in a coastal peninsula

Salinity tolerant Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus—Infection with dengue virus and contribution to dengue transmission in a coastal peninsula

Background & objectives: Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are major arboviral vectors that are considered to lay eggs, and undergo preimaginal development only in fresh water collections. However, recently they have been also shown to develop in coastal brackish water habitats. The ability of th...

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Main Authors: S N Surendran, T Veluppillai, T Eswaramohan, K Sivabalakrishnan, F Noordeen, R Ramasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti; Ae. albopictus; brackish water larval habitats; coastal zones; dengue transmission and rainfall; Jaffna peninsula; salinity tolerant mosquito vectors; Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2018;volume=55;issue=1;spage=26;epage=33;aulast=Surendran

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