Seasonality of mosquitoes and chikungunya in Italy

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-6

  Charrel, Rémi N ^a   de Lamballerie, Xavier ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEASON; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 39149139056     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70296-7     Document Type: Letter

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