First report of Aedes aegypti transmission of chikungunya virus in the Americas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1325-1329

  Díaz González, Esteban E ^a   Kautz, Tiffany F ^a,b   Dorantes Delgado, Alicia ^a,c   Malo García, Iliana R ^a,c   Laguna Aguilar, Maricela ^a,c   Langsjoen, Rose M ^a,b   Chen, Rubing ^a,d   Auguste, Dawn I ^a,d   Sánchez Casas, Rosa M ^a   Danis Lozano, Rogelio ^a,c   Weaver, Scott C ^a,d   Fernández Salas, Ildefonso ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERD IMMUNITY; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84946232908     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0450     Document Type: Article

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