title: Oral receptivity of Aedes aegypti from Cape Verde for yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya viruses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Department of Virology, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors Laboratory, Paris, France. marie.vazeille@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vazeille
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yébakima
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lourenço-de-Oliveira
authors.forename: Barrysson
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andriamahefazafy
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Correira
authors.forename: Julio Monteiro
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leparc-Goffart
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grandadam
authors.forename: Anna-Bella
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Failloux
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D055726:Cabo Verde / Q000453:epidemiology; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000502:physiology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000502:physiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D007814:Larva; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D015005:Yellow fever virus / Q000502:physiology*