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Aedes Mosquitoes and Aedes -Borne Arboviruses in Africa: Current and Future Threats

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  • David Weetman

    (Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK)

  • Basile Kamgang

    (Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Yaoundé PO Box 13501, Cameroon)

  • Athanase Badolo

    (Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée (LEFA), Université Ouaga 1 Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7021, Burkina Faso)

  • Catherine L. Moyes

    (Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK)

  • Freya M. Shearer

    (Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK)

  • Mamadou Coulibaly

    (University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako BP 1805, Mali)

  • João Pinto

    (Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Louis Lambrechts

    (Insect-Virus Interactions, Department of Genomes and Genetics, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2000, 75015 Paris, France)

  • Philip J. McCall

    (Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK)

Abstract

The Zika crisis drew attention to the long-overlooked problem of arboviruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes in Africa. Yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika are poorly controlled in Africa and often go unrecognized. However, to combat these diseases, both in Africa and worldwide, it is crucial that this situation changes. Here, we review available data on the distribution of each disease in Africa, their Aedes vectors, transmission potential, and challenges and opportunities for Aedes control. Data on disease and vector ranges are sparse, and consequently maps of risk are uncertain. Issues such as genetic and ecological diversity, and opportunities for integration with malaria control, are primarily African; others such as ever-increasing urbanization, insecticide resistance and lack of evidence for most control-interventions reflect problems throughout the tropics. We identify key knowledge gaps and future research areas, and in particular, highlight the need to improve knowledge of the distributions of disease and major vectors, insecticide resistance, and to develop specific plans and capacity for arboviral disease surveillance, prevention and outbreak responses.

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  • David Weetman & Basile Kamgang & Athanase Badolo & Catherine L. Moyes & Freya M. Shearer & Mamadou Coulibaly & João Pinto & Louis Lambrechts & Philip J. McCall, 2018. "Aedes Mosquitoes and Aedes -Borne Arboviruses in Africa: Current and Future Threats," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-20, January.
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