title: Bloodfeeding patterns of sylvatic arbovirus vectors in southeastern Senegal.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dengue (DENV), yellow fever (YFV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses circulate in sylvatic, enzootic transmission cycles in southeastern Senegal, but understanding of the vector-host interactions involved is limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  The vertebrate hosts of several potential mosquito vectors of the three viruses were identified by PCR amplification and sequencing portions of the cytochrome b gene from bloodmeals of mosquitoes collected in Kedougou, Senegal, June 2010-January 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified the sources of 65 bloodmeals of 82 engorged mosquitoes. Aedes taylori was the only species that fed on monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus and Papio papio). The majority of the avian-derived bloodmeals were from the Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings corroborate the importance of Ae. taylori and African monkeys in the sylvatic cycles of YFV, DENV and CHIKV and suggest the possible involvement of other vertebrates.
authors: Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, 36 Avenue Pasteur, BP 220, Dakar, Senegal.
authors: Diawo
authors: D
authors: Diallo
authors: Rubing
authors: R
authors: Chen
authors: Cheikh T
authors: CT
authors: Diagne
authors: Yamar
authors: Y
authors: Ba
authors: Ibrahima
authors: I
authors: Dia
authors: Amadou A
authors: AA
authors: Sall
authors: Scott C
authors: SC
authors: Weaver
authors: Mawlouth
authors: M
authors: Diallo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D001717:Birds; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D008322:Mammals; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012675:Senegal