Risk of yellow fever virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region
Yellow fever is absent from the Asia/Pacific region, despite presence of the mosquito vector. Here, the authors demonstrate that mosquitoes collected from field sites across the region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus, indicating that vector competence is not a barrier to disease sprea...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19625-9 |
| Summary: | Yellow fever is absent from the Asia/Pacific region, despite presence of the mosquito vector. Here, the authors demonstrate that mosquitoes collected from field sites across the region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus, indicating that vector competence is not a barrier to disease spread. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |