Geographic Expansion of the Invasive Mosquito Aedes albopictus across Panama—Implications for Control of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Miller, Matthew J ^a,b   Loaiza, Jose R ^a,b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84922218268     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003383     Document Type: Article

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