Retrospective search for dengue vector mosquito Aedes albopictus in areas visited by a German traveler who contracted dengue in Japan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-137

  Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a   Komagata, Osamu ^a   Yonejima, Mayuko ^b   Maekawa, Yoshihide ^a   Hirabayashi, Kimio ^c   Hayashi, Toshihiko ^a   Nihei, Naoko ^a   Yoshida, Masahiro ^d   Tsuda, Yoshio ^a   Sawabe, Kyoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Bioresearch   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Autochthonous infection; Dengue; German traveler; Japan; Population density

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPERATURE; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; JAPAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84907367578     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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