Chikungunya: A risk for Mediterranean countries?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-202

  Vazeille, Marie ^a   Jeannin, Charles ^b   Martin, Estelle ^a   Schaffner, Francis ^b   Failloux, Anna Bella ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Entente Interdepartementale pour la Demoustication du Littoral Mediterraneen   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya; Europe; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; COTE D'AZUR; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; REUNION; WESTERN EUROPE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

EID: 38549157592     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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