Aedes Albopictus Mosquito: the Main Vector of the 2007 Chikungunya Outbreak in Gabon

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2009 Mar 5

PMID 19259263

Citations 61

Authors

Frederic Pages

Christophe N Peyrefitte

Medard Toung Mve

Fanny Jarjaval

Sylvain Brisse

Isabelle Iteman

Patrick Gravier

Hugues Tolou

Dieudonne Nkoghe

Marc Grandadam

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Abstract

The primary vector at the origin of the 2007 outbreak in Libreville, Gabon is identified as Aedes albopictus, trapped around the nearby French military camp. The Chikungunya virus was isolated from mosquitoes and found to be identical to the A226V circulating human strain. This is the first field study showing the role of the recently arrived species Aedes albopictus in Chikungunya virus transmission in Central Africa, and it demonstrates this species' role in modifying the epidemiological presentation of Chikungunya in Gabon.

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