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Vector Competence Analyses on Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes using Zika Virus
Published on: May 31, 2020
[The tropical disease Chikungunya fever has come to Europe]
Ayse Dudu Altintas Dogan1, Kristin Bunes, Sigurdur Skarphédinsson
1Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling, Sydvestjysk Sygehus Esbjerg, Denmark. ayse83@live.dk
Abstract:
Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness associated with severe, often debilitating polyarthralgias. The disease is caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arthropod-borne virus that is transmitted to humans primarily via the bite of an infected mosquito. Since a re-emergence of CHIKV in 2004 in the Indian Ocean islands, the virus has spread into novel locations such as Europe. In Italy, an outbreak occurred in 2007. A mutation in CHIKV (E1-A226V) appears to improve virus survival in Ae. albopictus and also increase its virulence. Further attention should be given the disease since it is emerging in Europe.
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