Little disease but lots of bites: social, urbanistic, mobility, and entomological risk factors of human exposure toAedes aegyptiin South Texas, U.S.
Nicole A. Scavo,
Jose G. Juarez,
Luis Fernando Chaves
et al.
Abstract:Background: Aedes aegypti presence, human-vector contact rates, and Aedes-borne virus transmission are highly variable through time and space. The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), Texas, is one of the few regions in the U.S. where local transmission of Aedes-borne viruses occurs, presenting an opportunity to evaluate social, urbanistic, entomological, and mobility-based factors that modulate human exposure to Ae. aegypti. Methodology & Principal Findings: Mosquitoes were collected using BG-Sentinel 2 traps … Show more
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