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SUBMITTER: Mariconti M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6882796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mariconti Marina M Obadia Thomas T Mousson Laurence L Malacrida Anna A Gasperi Giuliano G Failloux Anna-Bella AB Yen Pei-Shi PS
Scientific reports 20191128 1
Arboviral diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses have been threatening the European countries since the introduction in 1979 of the major vector Aedes albopictus. In 2017, more than three hundred of CHIKV autochthonous cases were reported in Italy, highlighting the urgent need for a risk assessment of arboviral diseases in European countries. In this study, the vector competence for three major arboviruses were analyzed in eight Ae. albopictus populations from Europe. Here we sho ...[more]