Temperature Increase Enhances Aedes albopictus Competence to Transmit Dengue Virus

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that has been an epidemic in China for many years. Aedes albopictus is the dominant Aedes mosquito species and the main vector of dengue in China. Epidemiologically, dengue mainly occurs in Guangdong Province; it does not occur or rarely occurs in other areas of ma...

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Main Authors: Zhuanzhuan Liu, Zhenhong Zhang, Zetian Lai, Tengfei Zhou, Zhirong Jia, Jinbao Gu, Kun Wu, Xiao-Guang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02337/full