Farraudière L., Sonor F., Etienne M., Mousson L., Hamel Rodolphe, Missé Dorothée, Failloux A.B., Simard Frédéric, Yébakima A. (2017). First detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses in natural populations of Aedes aegypti in Martinique during the 2013 - 2015 concomitant outbreak. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica, 41 (no spécial), art. no e63 [3 p.]. ISSN 1020-4989.
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First detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses in natural populations of Aedes aegypti in Martinique during the 2013 - 2015 concomitant outbreak
Farraudière L., Sonor F., Etienne M., Mousson L., Hamel Rodolphe, Missé Dorothée, Failloux A.B., Simard Frédéric, Yébakima A.
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica, 2017,
41 (no spécial), art. no e63 [3 p.] ISSN 1020-4989
Dengue and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. In Martinique, an island of the French West Indies, Aedes aegypti is the suspected vector of both arboviruses; there is no Aedes albopictus on the island. During the concomitant outbreak of 2013 - 2015, the authors collected wild A. aegypti populations, and for the first time, detected dengue and chikungunya viruses in field-collected females. This paper demonstrates the mosquito's role in transmission of both dengue and chikungunya on the island, and also highlights a tool that public health authorities can use for preventing outbreaks.
