The hidden passenger of lucky bamboo: Do imported aedes albopictus mosquitoes cause dengue virus transmission in the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-220

  Hofhuis, A ^a   Reimerink, J ^a   Reusken, C ^a   Scholte, E J ^a   Boer, A De ^a   Takken, W ^b   Koopmans, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aedes; Dengue; Mosquito(es); Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DENGUE VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AGED; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SASA; YOUNG ADULT;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 65249116279     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0071     Document Type: Article

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