Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Yellow Fever Mosquito; can spread dengue or chikungunya too.
EID-Journal - Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Imported into the Netherlands, 2010
Julia E. Brown , Ernst-Jan Scholte, Marian Dik, Wietse Den Hartog, Jacob Beeuwkes, and Jeffrey R. Powell
Author affiliations: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J.E. Brown, J.R. Powell); Dutch National Center for Monitoring of Vectors, Wageningen, the Netherlands (E.J. Scholte, M. Dik, W. Den Hartog, J. Beeuwkes)
Abstract
During summer 2010, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were discovered in the Netherlands. Using genetic markers, we tracked the origin of these mosquitoes to a tire shipment from Miami, Florida, USA. Surveillance of tire exports from the United States should be included as part of a comprehensive surveillance system.
Full article : CDC
EID-Journal - Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Imported into the Netherlands, 2010
Julia E. Brown , Ernst-Jan Scholte, Marian Dik, Wietse Den Hartog, Jacob Beeuwkes, and Jeffrey R. Powell
Author affiliations: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J.E. Brown, J.R. Powell); Dutch National Center for Monitoring of Vectors, Wageningen, the Netherlands (E.J. Scholte, M. Dik, W. Den Hartog, J. Beeuwkes)
Abstract
During summer 2010, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were discovered in the Netherlands. Using genetic markers, we tracked the origin of these mosquitoes to a tire shipment from Miami, Florida, USA. Surveillance of tire exports from the United States should be included as part of a comprehensive surveillance system.
Full article : CDC