Chikungunya virus transmission potential by local Aedes mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Anubis Vega-Rúa, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Laurence Mousson, Marie Vazeille, Sappho Fuchs, André Yébakima, Joel Gustave, Romain Girod, Isabelle Dusfour, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Dana L Vanlandingham, Yan-Jang S Huang, L Philip Lounibos, Souand Mohamed Ali, Antoine Nougairede, Xavier de Lamballerie, Anna-Bella Failloux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Martin Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003780; https://doaj.org/article/8a5e53757b6943c48085600da8e37eeb

BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), mainly transmitted in urban areas by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, constitutes a major public health problem. In late 2013, CHIKV emerged on Saint-Martin Island in the Caribbean and spread throughout the region reaching more than 40 countrie...