Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aedes / physiology
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Aedes / virology*
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Alphavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Alphavirus Infections / transmission
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Alphavirus Infections / virology
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Animals
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Cabo Verde / epidemiology
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Chikungunya virus / physiology*
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Dengue / epidemiology
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Dengue / transmission
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Dengue / virology
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Dengue Virus / physiology*
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Disease Outbreaks
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Female
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Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Humans
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Insect Vectors / physiology
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Insect Vectors / virology*
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Larva
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Yellow Fever / epidemiology
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Yellow Fever / transmission
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Yellow Fever / virology
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Yellow fever virus / physiology*