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Evaluating vector competence for Yellow fever in the Caribbean

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  • Gaelle Gabiane

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors
    Université des Antilles, Ecole Doctorale 589, Schœlcher, Martinique)

  • Chloé Bohers

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

  • Laurence Mousson

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

  • Thomas Obadia

    (Université Paris Cité, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub
    Université Paris Cité, G5 Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Analytics)

  • Rhoel R. Dinglasan

    (University of Florida, Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine)

  • Marie Vazeille

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

  • Catherine Dauga

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

  • Marine Viglietta

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

  • André Yébakima

    (VECCOTRA, Rivière Salée, Martinique)

  • Anubis Vega-Rúa

    (Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe)

  • Gladys Gutiérrez Bugallo

    (Unit Transmission Reservoir and Pathogens Diversity, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
    Center for Research, Diagnostic, and Reference, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri)

  • Rosa Margarita Gélvez Ramírez

    (Centro de Atención y Diagnóstico de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Fundación INFOVIDA
    Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Aix Marseille Université, IRD 190, Inserm 1207, IHU Méditerranée Infection)

  • Fabrice Sonor

    (Centre de Démoustication et de Recherches Entomologiques, Lutte antivectorielle, Martinique
    Agence Régionale de Santé, Direction de la Santé Publique, Martinique)

  • Manuel Etienne

    (Centre de Démoustication et de Recherches Entomologiques, Lutte antivectorielle, Martinique)

  • Nathalie Duclovel-Pame

    (Agence Régionale de Santé, Direction de la Santé Publique, Martinique)

  • Alain Blateau

    (Agence Régionale de Santé, Direction de la Santé Publique, Martinique)

  • Juliette Smith-Ravin

    (Groupe de recherche Biospheres Université des Antilles, Campus de Schœlcher, Martinique)

  • Xavier De Lamballerie

    (Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Aix Marseille Université, IRD 190, Inserm 1207, IHU Méditerranée Infection)

  • Anna-Bella Failloux

    (Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Arboviruses and Insect Vectors)

Abstract

The mosquito-borne disease, Yellow fever (YF), has been largely controlled via mass delivery of an effective vaccine and mosquito control interventions. However, there are warning signs that YF is re-emerging in both Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Imported from Africa in slave ships, YF was responsible for devastating outbreaks in the Caribbean. In Martinique, the last YF outbreak was reported in 1908 and the mosquito Aedes aegypti was incriminated as the main vector. We evaluated the vector competence of fifteen Ae. aegypti populations for five YFV genotypes (Bolivia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda). Here we show that mosquito populations from the Caribbean and the Americas were able to transmit the five YFV genotypes, with YFV strains for Uganda and Bolivia having higher transmission success. We also observed that Ae. aegypti populations from Martinique were more susceptible to YFV infection than other populations from neighboring Caribbean islands, as well as North and South America. Our vector competence data suggest that the threat of re-emergence of YF in Martinique and the subsequent spread to Caribbean nations and beyond is plausible.

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  • Gaelle Gabiane & Chloé Bohers & Laurence Mousson & Thomas Obadia & Rhoel R. Dinglasan & Marie Vazeille & Catherine Dauga & Marine Viglietta & André Yébakima & Anubis Vega-Rúa & Gladys Gutiérrez Bugall, 2024. "Evaluating vector competence for Yellow fever in the Caribbean," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45116-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45116-2
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