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. 2015 Oct;21(10):1827-9.
doi: 10.3201/3210.150494.

Public Health Response to Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus Mosquitoes Invading California, USA

Charsey Cole Porse, Vicki Kramer, Melissa Hardstone Yoshimizu, Marco Metzger, Renjie Hu, Kerry Padgett, Duc J Vugia

Public Health Response to Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus Mosquitoes Invading California, USA

Charsey Cole Porse et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, primary vectors of dengue and chikungunya viruses, were recently detected in California, USA. The threat of potential local transmission of these viruses increases as more infected travelers arrive from affected areas. Public health response has included enhanced human and mosquito surveillance, education, and intensive mosquito control.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; California; Invasive Aedes mosquitoes; chikungunya fever; chikungunya virus; control; dengue; dengue virus; education; mosquitoes; public health response; surveillance; vectors; viruses.

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Invasive Aedes mosquitoes detected during 2011–2015 and number of imported human cases of dengue, chikungunya fever, or both reported during 2014 in counties in California, USA.
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