Acquittal of Culex quinquefasciatus in transmitting Zika virus during the French Polynesian outbreak

Acta Tropica

Volumn 173, Issue , 2017, Pages 200-201

  Richard, Vaea ^a   Paoaafaite, Tuterarii ^a   Cao Lormeau, Van Mai ^a  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FRENCH POLYNESIAN; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85019061726     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.04.036     Document Type: Letter

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