Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse): a potential vector of Zika virus in Singapore.

• Main Authors: Pei-Sze Jeslyn Wong (Author), Mei-zhi Irene Li (Author), Chee-Seng Chong (Author), Lee-Ching Ng (Author), Cheong-Huat Tan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a little known arbovirus until it caused a major outbreak in the Pacific Island of Yap in 2007. Although the virus has a wide geographic distribution, most of the known vectors are sylvatic Aedes mosquitoes from Africa where the virus was first isolated. Presently, Ae. aegypti i...