Blood-Feeding Behavior of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> , a Vector of Chikungunya on La Réunion

Delatte, Hélène; Desvars-Larrive, Amélie; Bouétard, Anthony; Bord, Séverine; Gimonneau, Geoffrey; Vourc’h, Gwenaël; Fontenille, Didier

doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0026

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Blood-Feeding Behavior of Aedes albopictus , a Vector of Chikungunya on La Réunion

Published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases • Jul 9, 2009

Authors:

Hélène Delatte

Amélie Desvars-Larrive

Anthony Bouétard

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has long been considered to be transmitted to humans by the human-biting mosquito Aedes aegypti, especially in Africa. However, the recent outbreak of CHIKV involved another vector, Aedes albopictus, and serological data in the literature suggest that several species of dom...

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Aedes albopictus

Chikungunya

Biology

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