Global & Disaster Medicine

“… if A aegypti is the only competent Zika virus vector, then risk is geographically restricted; in North America to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Second, if A albopictus is a competent vector, then there is risk of autochthonous transmission cycles in Canada, Chile, much of western Europe, as well as south and east Asia. Third, for all these areas, the risk compounds that from flights originating in other areas historically endemic for Zika virus….”

Global risk of Zika virus depends critically on vector status of Aedes albopictus

Published online: March 17, 2016

Lauren M Gardner, Nan Chen, Sahotra Sarkar

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(16)00176-6/abstract

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