Vector competence of Aedes bromeliae and Aedes vitattus mosquito populations from Kenya for chikungunya virus.

• Main Authors: Francis Mulwa (Author), Joel Lutomiah (Author), Edith Chepkorir (Author), Samwel Okello (Author), Fredrick Eyase (Author), Caroline Tigoi (Author), Michael Kahato (Author), Rosemary Sang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Kenya has experienced outbreaks of chikungunya in the past years with the most recent outbreak occurring in Mandera in the northern region in May 2016 and in Mombasa in the coastal region from November 2017 to February 2018. Despite the outbreaks in Kenya, studies on vector competence hav...