From: “The genetic structure of Aedes aegypti populations is driven by boat traffic in the Peruvian Amazon”, S.A.J. Guagliardo, Y. Lee, A.A. Pierce, J. Wong, Y.Y. Chu, A.C. Morrison, H. Astete, B. Brosi, G. Vazquez-Prokopec, T.W. Scott, U. Kitron, S.T. Stoddard (2019), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13:9 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007552 The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major …
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From: “Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signalled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors”, J.O. Lundström, J.C. Hesson, M.L. Schäfer, Ö. Östman, T. Semmler, M. Bekaert, M. Weidmann, Å. Lundkvist and M. Pfeffer (2019), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007702 Sindbus virus (SINV) is a virus found across the world. Usually, it is transmitted between birds such …
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