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SUBMITTER: Metelmann S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451397 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Metelmann S S Caminade C C Jones A E AE Medlock J M JM Baylis M M Morse A P AP
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20190301 152
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is able to transmit various pathogens to humans and animals and it has already caused minor outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya in southern Europe. Alarmingly, it is spreading northwards and its eggs have been found in the UK in 2016 and 2017. Climate-driven models can help to analyse whether this originally subtropical species could become established in northern Europe. But so far, these models have not considered the impact of the diurnal temperature ...[more]