Risk of yellow fever virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region

Yellow fever is absent from the Asia/Pacific region, despite presence of the mosquito vector. Here, the authors demonstrate that mosquitoes collected from field sites across the region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus, indicating that vector competence is not a barrier to disease sprea...

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Autores principales: Lucy de Guilhem de Lataillade, Marie Vazeille, Thomas Obadia, Yoann Madec, Laurence Mousson, Basile Kamgang, Chun-Hong Chen, Anna-Bella Failloux, Pei-Shi Yen
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d4d2e9a9f4bd44d9b942b7567848a6d7
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Sumario:Yellow fever is absent from the Asia/Pacific region, despite presence of the mosquito vector. Here, the authors demonstrate that mosquitoes collected from field sites across the region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus, indicating that vector competence is not a barrier to disease spread.