Are Aedes albopictus or other mosquito species from northern Italy competent to sustain new arboviral outbreaks?

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-87

  Talbalaghi, A ^a   Moutailler, S ^b   Vazeille, M ^b   Failloux, A B ^b  

^a Mosquito Control District of Alessandria   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya; Dengue; Italy; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; PEST OUTBREAK; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ITALY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

ITALY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 77949338912     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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