Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6127565 Acta Tropica 2014 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

- Both Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are considered the vectors of dengue fever.
- Ae. aegypti appears only below the Tropic of Cancer in the south of Taiwan.
- Distribution of indigenous dengue cases highly overlaps where Ae. aegypti breeds.
- The dengue outbreak is initiated by Ae. aegypti, mostly in southern Taiwan.
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