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Species composition and risk of transmission of some Aedes-borne arboviruses in some sites in Northern Ghana — Europe PMC PMID:34061882

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34061882
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234675
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Species composition and risk of transmission of some Aedes-borne arboviruses in some sites in Northern Ghana — Europe PMC PMID:34061882 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34061882 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_16cd8eb3558d (Metraipolis archive dc_16cd8eb3558d, sha256 81bf562ee931d408f2dbc4b7ac1b6d907c0a16deadc8a6817f0947828fba4426)

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@misc{dc16cd8eb3558d,
  title = {Species composition and risk of transmission of some Aedes-borne arboviruses in some sites in Northern Ghana — Europe PMC PMID:34061882},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34061882},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_16cd8eb3558d; sha256 81bf562ee931d408f2dbc4b7ac1b6d907c0a16deadc8a6817f0947828fba4426},
  year = {2026}
}

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Aedes-borne viral diseases mainly Yellow Fever (YF), Dengue (DEN), Zika (ZIK) and Chikungunya (CHK) have contributed to many deaths' in the world especially in Africa. There have been major outbreaks of these diseases in West Africa. Although, YF outbreaks have occurred in Ghana over the years, no outbreak of DEN, ZIK and CHK has been recorded. However, the risk of outbreak is high due to its proximity to West African countries where outbreaks have been recently been recorded. This study surveyed the mosquito fauna to assess the risk of transmission of Yellow fever (YFV), Dengue (DENV), Chikungunya (CHKV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses in Larabanga and Mole Game Reserve areas in Northern Ghana. The immature and adult stages of Aedes mosquitoes were collected from Larabanga and Mole Game Reserve area. There was a significant (P>0.001) number of mosquitoes collected during the rainy season than the dry season. A total of 1,930 Aedes mosquitoes were collected during the rainy season and morphologically identified. Of these, 1,915 (99.22%) were Aedes aegypti and 15 (0.22%) were Aedes vittatus. During the dry season, 27 Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were collected. A total of 415 Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were molecularly identified to subspecies level of which Ae. (Ae) aegypti aegypti was the predominant subspecies. Both Ae. aegypti aegypti and Ae aegypti formosus exist in sympatry in the area. All Aedes pools (75) were negative for DENV, ZIKV and CHKV when examined by RT- PCR. Three Larval indices namely House Index, HI (percentage of houses positive for Aedes larvae or pupae), Container Index, CI (the percentage of containers positive for Aedes larvae or pupae) and Breteau Index, BI (number of positive containers per 100 houses inspected) were assessed as a measure for risk of transmission in the study area. The HI, CI and BI for both sites were as follows; Mole Game Reserve (HI, 42.1%, CI, 23.5% and BI, 100 for rainy season and 0 for all indices for dry season) and Larabanga (39%, 15.5% and 61 for rainy season and 2.3%, 1.3% and 2.3 for dry season). The spatial distribution of Aedes breeding sites in both areas indicated that Aedes larvae were breeding in areas with close proximity to humans. Lorry tires were the main source of Aedes larvae in all the study areas. Information about the species composition and the potential role of Aedes mosquitoes in future outbreaks of the diseases that they transmit is needed to design efficient surveillance and vector control tools.

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Pubblicazione: PloS one, 2021 (prima pubblicazione 2021-06-01).
Identificativi: PMID 34061882 · PMCID PMC8168856 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0234675.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Aedes; Arboviruses; Mosquito Vectors.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34061882 — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234675. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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