Landscape ecology of sylvatic chikungunya virus and mosquito vectors in southeastern Senegal.

• Main Authors: Diawo Diallo (Author), Amadou A Sall (Author), Michaela Buenemann (Author), Rubing Chen (Author), Oumar Faye (Author), Cheikh T Diagne (Author), Ousmane Faye (Author), Yamar Ba (Author), Ibrahima Dia (Author), Douglas Watts (Author), Scott C Weaver (Author), Kathryn A Hanley (Author), Mawlouth Diallo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The risk of human infection with sylvatic chikungunya (CHIKV) virus was assessed in a focus of sylvatic arbovirus circulation in Senegal by investigating distribution and abundance of anthropophilic Aedes mosquitoes, as well as the abundance and distribution of CHIKV in these mosquitoes. A 1650 km(2...