Risk factors for the presence of chikungunya and dengue vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), their altitudinal distribution and climatic determinants of their abundance in central Nepal.

• Автори: Meghnath Dhimal (Автор), Ishan Gautam (Автор), Hari Datt Joshi (Автор), Robert B O'Hara (Автор), Bodo Ahrens (Автор), Ulrich Kuch (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The presence of the recently introduced primary dengue virus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti in Nepal, in association with the likely indigenous secondary vector Aedes albopictus, raises public health concerns. Chikungunya fever cases have also been reported in Nepal, and the virus causing...