Landscape ecology of sylvatic Chikungunya virus and mosquito vectors in southeastern Senegal
Autor(es): Diallo Diawo, Sall Amadou A, Buenemann Michaela, Chen Rubing, Faye Oumar, Diagne Cheikh T, Faye Ousmane, Ba Yamar, Dia Ibrahima, Watts Douglas, Weaver Scott C, Hanley Kathryn A, Diallo Mawlouth
Resumo: The risk of human infection with sylvatic chikungunya (CHIKV) virus was assessed in a focus of sylvatic arbovirus circulation in Senegal by investigating distribution - abundance of anthropophilic Aedes mosquitoes, as well as the abundance - distribution of CHIKV in these mosquitoes. A 1650 km(2) area was classified into five l- cover classes: forest, barren, savanna, agriculture - village. A total of 39,799 mosquitoes was sampled from all classes using human l-ing collections between June 2009 - January 2010. Mosquito diversity was extremely high, - overall vector abundance peaked at the start of the rainy season. CHIKV was detected in 42 mosquito pools. Our data suggest that Aedes furcifer, which occurred abundantly in all l- cover classes - l-ed frequently on humans in villages outside of houses, is probably the major bridge vector responsible for the spillover of sylvatic CHIKV to humans.
Imprenta: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 6, n. 6, p. e1649, 2012
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001649
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 2012
