Origin of the dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, in California.

• Main Authors: Andrea Gloria-Soria (Author), Julia E Brown (Author), Vicki Kramer (Author), Melissa Hardstone Yoshimizu (Author), Jeffrey R Powell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue fever is among the most widespread vector-borne infectious diseases. The primary vector of dengue is the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Ae. aegypti is prevalent in the tropics and sub-tropics and is closely associated with human habitats outside its native range of Africa. While long established in...