Vector competence of the Aedes aegypti population from Santiago Island, Cape Verde, to different serotypes of dengue virus

Vector competence of the Aedes aegypti population from Santiago Island, Cape Verde, to different serotypes of dengue virus

Abstract Background Dengue is an arboviral disease caused by dengue virus (DENV), whose main vectors are the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. A. aegypti is the only DENV vector in Cape Verde, an African country that suffered its first outbreak of dengue in 2009. However, little is know...

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Main Authors: Aires Januário Fernandes da Moura, Maria Alice Varjal de Melo Santos, Claudia Maria Fontes Oliveira, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Danilo de Carvalho-Leandro, Maria Lidia da Cruz Brito, Hélio Daniel Ribeiro Rocha, Lara Ferrero Gómez, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-02-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Dengue
RT-PCR
Vector
NS1 antigen
Cape Verde
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0706-8

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