Publication Date:
1987-05-29
Description:
North American strains of Aedes albopictus, an Asian mosquito recently introduced into the Western Hemisphere, exhibit photoperiodic sensitivity and cold-hardiness characteristics similar to strains originating from temperate zone Asia. Trade statistics for used tire imports, the most likely mode of introduction, also indicate a north Asian origin. Aedes albopictus, an important vector of dengue and a potential vector of many other arboviral diseases, may therefore have the capability of infesting much of temperate North America.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hawley, W A -- Reiter, P -- Copeland, R S -- Pumpuni, C B -- Craig, G B Jr -- AI-07220/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI-20753/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 May 29;236(4805):1114-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3576225" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Aedes/growth & development/physiology
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Cold Temperature
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Far East
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Insect Vectors/physiology
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Malaysia
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Ovum/physiology
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United States
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Virus Diseases/transmission
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
