First detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses in natural populations of Aedes aegypti in Martinique during the 2013 – 2015 concomitant outbreak

Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In Martinique, an island of the French West Indies, Aedes aegypti is the suspected vector of both arboviruses; there is no Aedes albopictus on the island. During the concomitant outbreak of 2013 – 2015, the authors collected wild A....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Farraudière, Laurence, Sonor, Fabrice, Crico, Said, Étienne, Manuel, Mousson, Laurence, Hamel, Rodolphe, Missé, Dorothée, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Simard, Frédéric, Yébakima, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2017
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28902276
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2017.63
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Sumario:Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In Martinique, an island of the French West Indies, Aedes aegypti is the suspected vector of both arboviruses; there is no Aedes albopictus on the island. During the concomitant outbreak of 2013 – 2015, the authors collected wild A. aegypti populations, and for the first time, detected dengue and chikungunya viruses in field-collected females. This paper demonstrates the mosquito’s role in transmission of both dengue and chikungunya on the island, and also highlights a tool that public health authorities can use for preventing outbreaks.

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