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Viewpoint: High susceptibility to Chikungunya virus of Aedes aegypti from the French West Indies and French Guiana.

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Ae. aegypti from French Guiana and French West Indies are highly competent to transmit CHIKV. An evaluation of DIR 7 days rather than 14 days pi is adequate to estimate vector competence. The titre of 10(6) pfu/ml allows us to distinguish Ae. aegypti populations originating from distinct environments (dense or diffuse housing) by their vector competence. This assessment is a prerequisite to better evaluate the potential risk of Chikungunya outbreaks once the virus is introduced from endemic regions.

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pasteur-00583508 , version 1 (05-04-2011)

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Romain Girod, Pascal Gaborit, Laurence Marrama, Manuel Etienne, Cédric Ramdini, et al.. Viewpoint: High susceptibility to Chikungunya virus of Aedes aegypti from the French West Indies and French Guiana.. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2011, 16 (1), pp.134-9. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02613.x⟩. ⟨pasteur-00583508⟩
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