Recently introduced Aedes albopictus in Corsica is competent to Chikungunya virus and in a lesser extent to dengue virus

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1105-1109

  Moutailler, Sara ^a   Barré, Hélène ^b   Vazeille, Marie ^a   Failloux, Anna Bella ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c Unité Génétique Moléculaire des Bunyavirus   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya; Corsica; Dengue; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SALIVARY GLAND; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 69249162592     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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