First record of breeding populations of Aedes albopictus in continental Africa: implications for arboviral transmission
Affiliations
- PMID: 1583480
Item in Clipboard
First record of breeding populations of Aedes albopictus in continental Africa: implications for arboviral transmission
J Am Mosq Control Assoc.
1992 Mar.
Abstract
Eggs of Aedes albopictus were collected in oviposition cups from 3 forested areas of Delta State in south-central Nigeria during September 1991 as part of a post-yellow fever outbreak investigation. These eggs were shipped to the Centers for Disease Control in Colorado, where they were reared to the adult stage and identified. This is the first record of breeding populations of Ae. albopictus in continental Africa. Other taxa reared from the same oviposition cups included Ae. aegypti, Ae. apicoargenteus, Ae. africanus, Ae. lilii and Ae. simpsoni subgroup. The introduction and establishment of Ae. albopictus in Africa may have important implications for transmission of indigenous arboviruses.
Similar articles
-
Critical review of the vector status of Aedes albopictus.Med Vet Entomol. 2004 Sep;18(3):215-27. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00513.x. Med Vet Entomol. 2004. PMID: 15347388 Review.
-
Aedes albopictus introduction into continental Africa, 1991.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1991 Dec 6;40(48):836-8. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1991. PMID: 1956370
-
Epidemiology of tree-hole breeding mosquitoes in the tropical rainforest of Imo State, south-east Nigeria.Ann Agric Environ Med. 2007;14(1):31-8. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2007. PMID: 17655174
-
[Epidemiology of arbovirus diseases: use and value of physiologic age determination of female mosquito vectors].Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1996;89(2):155-60. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1996. PMID: 8924776 French.
-
Global distribution and continuing spread of Aedes albopictus.Parassitologia. 1995 Dec;37(2-3):91-7. Parassitologia. 1995. PMID: 8778670 Review.
Cited by
-
Nationwide Inventory of Mosquitoes and the Distribution of Invasive Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) on the Islands of Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa.Insects. 2024 Jul 23;15(8):560. doi: 10.3390/insects15080560. Insects. 2024. PMID: 39194765 Free PMC article.
-
Climate change influences on global distributions of dengue and chikungunya virus vectors.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Apr 5;370(1665):20140135. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0135. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015. PMID: 25688023 Free PMC article.
-
Invasion of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) into central Africa: what consequences for emerging diseases?Parasit Vectors. 2015 Mar 31;8:191. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0808-3. Parasit Vectors. 2015. PMID: 25885461 Free PMC article. Review.
-
First Detection of the Invasive Mosquito Vector Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Benin, West Africa, 2021.J Med Entomol. 2022 May 11;59(3):1090-1094. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjac039. J Med Entomol. 2022. PMID: 35389485 Free PMC article.
-
Spread of the tiger: global risk of invasion by the mosquito Aedes albopictus.Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2007 Spring;7(1):76-85. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0562. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2007. PMID: 17417960 Free PMC article.