Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe.

• Main Authors: Anubis Vega-Rúa (Author), Ricardo Lourenço- (Author), Laurence Mousson (Author), Marie Vazeille (Author), Sappho Fuchs (Author), André Yébakima (Author), Joel Gustave (Author), Romain Girod (Author), Isabelle Dusfour (Author), Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (Author), Dana L Vanlandingham (Author), Yan-Jang S Huang (Author), L Philip Lounibos (Author), Souand Mohamed Ali (Author), Antoine Nougairede (Author), Xavier de Lamballerie (Author), Anna-Bella Failloux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), mainly transmitted in urban areas by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, constitutes a major public health problem. In late 2013, CHIKV emerged on Saint-Martin Island in the Caribbean and spread throughout the region reaching more than 40 countrie...