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SABETHINE MOSQUITOES OF THE AMERICAS

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YELLOW fever exists in two forms which differ epidemiologically, the well-known classical form of the disease and the more recently discovered jungle yellow fever. In both cases the virus is transmitted to man by the bite of an infected mosquito.

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SMART, J. SABETHINE MOSQUITOES OF THE AMERICAS. Nature 152, 279–280 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152279a0

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