Spread of the Invasive Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the Black Sea Region Increases Risk of Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika Outbreaks in Europe

Mustafa Akıner, Muhammet; Demırcı, Berna; Babuadze, Giorgi; Robert, Vincent; Schaffner, Francis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004664

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Spread of the Invasive Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the Black Sea Region Increases Risk of Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika Outbreaks in Europe

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Apr 26, 2016

Authors:

Muhammet Mustafa Akıner

Berna Demırcı

Giorgi Babuadze

Abstract

The yellow fever and dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti previously flourished around the Mediterranean and Black Sea for decades until the 1950s, and was responsible of large outbreaks of both yellow fever and dengue The first well-described large dengue outbreak in Greece in 1927-28 caused more than 1 m...

Subject

Chikungunya

Aedes albopictus

Aedes aegypti

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