Aedes albopictus mosquito: The main vector of the 2007 chikungunya outbreakin Gabon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pagès, Frédéric ^a   Peyrefitte, Christophe N ^a   Mve, Médard Toung ^b   Jarjaval, Fanny ^a   Brisse, Sylvain ^c   Iteman, Isabelle ^c   Gravier, Patrick ^a,d   Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^b   Grandadam, Marc ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b Direction de Lutte Contre la Maladie   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Service Médical du 6e BIMA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GABON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 62249200459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004691     Document Type: Article

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