Chikungunya Virus Transmission Potential by Local Aedes Mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe

2015157 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Anubis Vega-Rúa · Institut Pasteur

Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Oliveira · Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Laurence Mousson · Institut Pasteur

Marie Vazeille · Institut Pasteur

Sappho Fuchs · Institut Pasteur

André Yébakima · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique

Joël Gustave ·

Abstract

CHIKV strains belonging to the ECSA genotype could also have initiated local transmission in the new world. Additionally, the ongoing CHIKV outbreak in the Americas could potentially spread throughout Ae. aegypti- and Ae. albopictus-infested regions of the Americas with possible imported cases of CHIKV to Ae. albopictus-infested regions in Europe. Colder temperatures may decrease the local transmission of CHIKV_SM by European Ae. albopictus, potentially explaining the lack of autochthonous transmission of CHIKV_SM in Europe despite the hundreds of imported CHIKV cases returning from the Caribbean.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors Malaria Research and Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 9, Issue 5, pp. e0003780-e0003780

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003780

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