Public health significance of invasive mosquitoes in Europe

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 685-692

  Schaffner, F ^a,b   Medlock, J M ^c   Van Bortel, W ^d  

^a AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aedes; Chikungunya; Dengue; Invasive; Mosquito; Vector species; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES ATROPALPUS; AEDES JAPONICUS; AEDES KOREICUS; AEDES TRISERIATUS; BEHAVIOR; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; OCHLEROTATUS ATROPALPUS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 84880510535     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12189     Document Type: Review

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