Patterns of geographic expansion of Aedes aegypti in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Sarah Anne Guagliardo (Author), José Luis Barboza (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Helvio Astete (Author), Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the Peruvian Amazon, the dengue vector Aedes aegypti is abundant in large urban centers such as Iquitos. In recent years, it has also been found in a number of neighboring rural communities with similar climatic and socioeconomic conditions. To better understand Ae. aegypti spread, we compared ch...