Differential Susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the Americas to
2016
Background Since the major outbreak in 2007 in the Yap Island,
Zika virus(ZIKV) causing dengue-like syndromes has affected multiple islands of the South Pacific region. In May 2015, the virus was detected in Brazil and then spread through South and Central America. In December 2015, ZIKV was detected in French Guiana and
Martinique. The aim of the study was to evaluate the vector competence of the mosquito spp.
Aedes aegyptiand
Aedes albopictusfrom the Caribbean (
Martinique, Guadeloupe), North America (southern United States), South America (Brazil, French Guiana) for the currently circulating Asian genotype of ZIKV isolated from a patient in April 2014 in New Caledonia.
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