Investigations of Koutango Virus Infectivity and Dissemination Dynamics in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Aedes aegypti has already been implicated in the emergence of dengue and chikungunya viruses in the southern US. Vector competence is the ability of a mosquito species to support transmission of an arbovirus, which is bounded by its ability to support replication and dissemination of the virus throu...

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Main Authors: Jaime M. de Araújo Lobo, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Christopher N. Mores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Health Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S16005