River boats contribute to the regional spread of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Sarah Anne Guagliardo (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Jose Luis Barboza (Author), Edwin Requena (Author), Helvio Astete (Author), Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The dramatic range expansion of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti is associated with various anthropogenic transport activities, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms driving this geographic expansion. We longitudinally characterized infestation of different vehicle types (cars, boats, e...