Tracing the tiger: population genetics provides valuable insights into the Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus invasion of the Australasian Region.

• Main Authors: Nigel W Beebe (Author), Luke Ambrose (Author), Lydia A Hill (Author), Joseph B Davis (Author), George Hapgood (Author), Robert D Cooper (Author), Richard C Russell (Author), Scott A Ritchie (Author), Lisa J Reimer (Author), Neil F Lobo (Author), Din Syafruddin (Author), Andrew F van den Hurk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The range of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is expanding globally, raising the threat of emerging and re-emerging arbovirus transmission risks including dengue and chikungunya. Its detection in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) southern Fly River coastal region in 1988 and 1992 pla...