Reintroduction of the invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus in Belgium in July 2013

Parasite

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boukraa, Slimane ^a   Raharimalala, Fara N ^a,b   Zimmer, Jean Yves ^a   Schaffner, Francis ^c   Bawin, Thomas ^a   Haubruge, Eric ^a   Francis, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Belgium; Used tire

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; BELGIUM; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECYCLING; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DENGUE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECYCLING;

EID: 84894422116     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2013054     Document Type: Article

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