Vector competence of Italian Aedes albopictus populations for the chikungunya virus (E1-226V).

• Main Authors: Francesco Severini (Author), Daniela Boccolini (Author), Claudia Fortuna (Author), Marco Di Luca (Author), Luciano Toma (Author), Antonello Amendola (Author), Eleonora Benedetti (Author), Giada Minelli (Author), Roberto Romi (Author), Giulietta Venturi (Author), Giovanni Rezza (Author), Maria Elena Remoli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arbovirus, belonging to the Togaviridae family, Alphavirus genus, transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Since 2007, two different CHIKV strains (E1-226A and E1-226V) have been responsible for outbreaks in European countries, including Italy, sustained by Ae....