Transmission risk of two chikungunya lineages by invasive mosquito vectors from Florida and the Dominican Republic.

• Main Authors: Barry W Alto (Author), Keenan Wiggins (Author), Bradley Eastmond (Author), Daniel Velez (Author), L Philip Lounibos (Author), Cynthia C Lord (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Between 2014 and 2016 more than 3,800 imported human cases of chikungunya fever in Florida highlight the high risk for local transmission. To examine the potential for sustained local transmission of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Florida we tested whether local populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes...