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Chikungunya virus transmission between Aedes albopictus and laboratory mice

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus associated with epidemics of acute and chronic arthritic disease in humans. Aedes albopictus has emerged as an important new natural vector for CHIKV transmission; however, mouse models for studying transmission have not been devel...

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Autores principales: Hugo, Leon E., Prow, Natalie A., Tang, Bing, Devine, Greg, Suhrbier, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27760560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1838-1