Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 37-40Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0982
Keywords
Aedes aegypti formosus; Cape Verde; Chikungunya; Dengue-3; Oral receptivity; Yellow fever
Funding
- Institut Pasteur
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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.
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