Chikungunya virus vector competency of Brazilian and Florida mosquito vectors.

• Main Authors: Nildimar Alves Honório (Author), Keenan Wiggins (Author), Daniel Cardoso Portela Câmara (Author), Bradley Eastmond (Author), Barry W Alto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chikungunya virus is a vector-borne alphavirus transmitted by the bites of infected female Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. In Brazil between 2014 and 2016 almost 320 thousand autochthonous human cases were reported and in Florida numerous imported CHIKV viremic cases (> 3,800) demonstrate the pot...