Assessment of Local Mosquito Species Incriminates Aedes aegypti as the Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Australia.

• Main Authors: Sonja Hall-Mendelin (Author), Alyssa T Pyke (Author), Peter R Moore (Author), Ian M Mackay (Author), Jamie L McMahon (Author), Scott A Ritchie (Author), Carmel T Taylor (Author), Frederick A J Moore (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Within the last 10 years Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused unprecedented epidemics of human disease in the nations and territories of the western Pacific and South America, and continues to escalate in both endemic and non-endemic regions. We evaluated the vector competence of Australian mosqu...