Aedes albopictus as an epidemic vector of chikungunya virus: another emerging problem?

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 463-464

  Reiter, Paul ^a   Fontenille, Didier ^b   Paupy, Christophe ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; REUNION;

EID: 33746370383     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70531-X     Document Type: Letter

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