Oral Receptivity of Aedes aegypti from Cape Verde for Yellow Fever, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses.

Marie Vazeille (1) , André Yébakima (2) , Ricardo Lourenço-De-Oliveira (3) , Barrysson Andriamahefazafy (4) , Artur Correira (5) , Julio Monteiro Rodrigues (5) , Antonio Veiga (5) , António Moreira (5) , Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (6, 7) , Marc Grandadam (6, 8) , Anna-Bella Failloux (1)

1 Arbovirus et Insectes Vecteurs - Arboviruses and Insect Vectors
2 Centre de démoustication
3 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários [Rio de Janeiro]
4 Cape Verde WHO Country Office
5 Ministry of Health [Cape Verde]
6 Centre national de Référence et Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS Arbovirus (CNR-CCOMS)
7 IRBA - Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Antenne Marseille]
8 Interactions Moléculaires Flavivirus-Hôtes

At the end of 2009, 21,313 cases of dengue-3 virus (DENV-3) were reported in the islands of Cape Verde, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 570 km from the coast of western Africa. It was the first dengue outbreak ever reported in Cape Verde. Mosquitoes collected in July 2010 in the city of Praia, on the island of Santiago, were identified morphologically as Aedes aegypti formosus. Using experimental oral infections, we found that this vector showed a moderate ability to transmit the epidemic dengue-3 virus, but was highly susceptible to chikungunya and yellow fever viruses.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti formosus; Cape Verde; Chikungunya; Dengue-3; Oral receptivity; Yellow fever

Domains: Microbiology and Parasitology

Marie Vazeille, André Yébakima, Ricardo Lourenço-De-Oliveira, Barrysson Andriamahefazafy, Artur Correira, et al.. Oral Receptivity of Aedes aegypti from Cape Verde for Yellow Fever, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses.. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2013, 13 (1), pp.37-40. ⟨10.1089/vbz.2012.0982⟩. ⟨pasteur-01718215⟩