Aedes albopictus may not be vector of dengue virus in human epidemics in Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 386-387

  Degallier, Nicolas ^a   Sócrates Teixeira, José Marcus ^a   da Silva Soares, Sidinei ^b   Pereira, Regilene D ^a   Pinto, Santuzza C F ^a   de Jesus Melo Chaib, Antonio ^a   Vasconcelos, Pedro F C ^c   Oliveira, Enilce ^d  

^a Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao National de Saude   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d Vigilancia Ambiental Sec Est Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Dengue virus, isolation purification; Dengue, transmission; Disease outbreaks; Human serology

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; TIME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0037769914     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102003000300019     Document Type: Article

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