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The Global Expansion of Dengue: How Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Enabled the First Pandemic Arbovirus
Ist Teil von
Annual review of entomology, 2020-01, Vol.65, p.191
Ort / Verlag
United States
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
Dengue is an emerging viral disease principally transmitted by the
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mosquito. It is one of the fastest-growing global infectious diseases, with 100-400 million new infections a year, and is now entrenched in a growing number of tropical megacities. Behind this rapid rise is the simple adaptation of
to a new entomological niche carved out by human habitation. This review describes the expansion of dengue and explores how key changes in the ecology of
allowed it to become a successful invasive species and highly efficient disease vector. We argue that characterizing geographic heterogeneity in mosquito bionomics will be a key research priority that will enable us to better understand future dengue risk and design control strategies to reverse its global spread.