TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika Virus
A1  - Blackmore, Carina G. M.
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
Y1  - 2022
N1  - 
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - The  mosquito-borne  chikungunya  and  Zika  virus  diseases  have  emerged  from  obscurity  in  recent  years.  Previously  they  were  thought  to  be  mild,  and  at  most  of  limited  geographic  distribution  and  public  health  concern.  Now,  they  are  among  arboviruses  that  are  a  significant  public  health  priority  worldwide.  Dengue,  chikungunya,  and  Zika  viruses  share  the  same  mosquito  vectors  (Aedes  subgenus  stegomyia  and  diceromyia  mosquitoes)  (Fig.  141-1).  The  feeding  and  breeding  behaviors  of  these  mosquitoes  greatly  impact  the  epidemiology  of  the  diseases  they  transmit.  The  vector  mosquitoes  prefer  to  live  in  subtropical  and  tropical  regions  of  the  world,  and  dengue,  chikungunya,  and  Zika  virus  infections  are  endemic  in  these  areas.  The  most  important  human  vector  for  these  diseases,  A.  aegypti,  also  called  the  house  mosquito  or  yellow  fever  mosquito,  has  adapted  to  and  lives  in  very  close  contact  with  humans.  As  a  result,  A.  aegypti,  together  with  Anopheles  gambiae  and  funestus,  two  highly  anthropomorphic  malaria  vector  mosquito  species  in  Africa1  are  probably  the  most  efficient  mosquito-borne  disease  vectors  in  the  world.  They  are  also  among  the  vectors  that  are  most  difficult  to  control.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182667029
ER  -