The elimination of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, from Brisbane, Australia: The role of surveillance, larval habitat removal and policy.

• Main Authors: Brendan J Trewin (Author), Jonathan M Darbro (Author), Cassie C Jansen (Author), Nancy A Schellhorn (Author), Myron P Zalucki (Author), Tim P Hurst (Author), Gregor J Devine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is a highly invasive mosquito whose global distribution has fluctuated dramatically over the last 100 years. In Australia the distribution of Ae. aegypti once spanned the eastern seaboard, for 3,000 km north to south. However, during the 1900s this distributio...