Detection of Chikungunya virus in Aedes aegypti during 2011 outbreak in Al Hodayda, Yemen

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  Zayed, Alia ^a   Awash, Abdullah A ^b   Esmail, Mohammed A ^b   Al Mohamadi, Hani A ^b   Al Salwai, Mostafa ^b   Al Jasari, Adel ^b   Medhat, Iman ^a   Morales Betoulle, Maria E ^a   Mnzava, Abraham ^c  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Yemen)

^c WHO/EMRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chikungunya outbreak; CHIKV; Larval index; Yemen

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; ENTOMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DENGUE VIRUS 4; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGO; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; YEMEN;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YEMEN;

YEMEN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES;

EID: 84860578945     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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