Burgess N R
Department of Military Entomology, Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London, U.K.
Parassitologia. 1995 Dec;37(2-3):121-2.
The United Kingdom is within the geographical area in which Aedes albopictus could survive. A large number of used car tyres are imported and a number of introduced cases of dengue fever occur annually. The health authorities should be aware of the possibility of dengue transmission.