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SUBMITTER: Pages F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2649504 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pagès Frédéric F Peyrefitte Christophe N CN Mve Médard Toung MT Jarjaval Fanny F Brisse Sylvain S Iteman Isabelle I Gravier Patrick P Tolou Hugues H Nkoghe Dieudonné D Grandadam Marc M
PloS one 20090304 3
The primary vector at the origin of the 2007 outbreak in Libreville, Gabon is identified as Aedes albopictus, trapped around the nearby French military camp. The Chikungunya virus was isolated from mosquitoes and found to be identical to the A226V circulating human strain. This is the first field study showing the role of the recently arrived species Aedes albopictus in Chikungunya virus transmission in Central Africa, and it demonstrates this species' role in modifying the epidemiological prese ...[more]