Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Haemagogus janthinomys are the primary vectors in the major yellow fever outbreak in Brazil, 2016–2018

Autor: Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, Ieda Pereira Ribeiro, Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito, Alexandre Araujo Cunha dos Santos, Rafaella Moraes de Miranda, Iule de Souza Bonelly, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos Neves, Maria Ignez Bersot, Taissa Pereira dos Santos, Marcelo Quintela Gomes, José Luis da Silva, Alessandro Pecego Martins Romano, Roberta Gomes Carvalho, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Mario Sergio Ribeiro, Roberto da Costa Laperrière, Eduardo Oyama Lins Fonseca, Aloísio Falqueto, Christophe Paupy, Anna-Bella Failloux, Sara Moutailler, Marcia Gonçalves de Castro, Mariela Martínez Gómez, Monique de Albuquerque Motta, Myrna Cristina Bonaldo, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 218-231 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 22221751
2222-1751
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1568180
Popis: ABSTRACTThe yellow fever virus (YFV) caused a severe outbreak in Brazil in 2016–2018 that rapidly spread across the Atlantic Forest in its most populated region without viral circulation for almost 80 years. A comprehensive entomological survey combining analysis of distribution, abundance and YFV natural infection in mosquitoes captured before and during the outbreak was conducted in 44 municipalities of five Brazilian states. In total, 17,662 mosquitoes of 89 species were collected. Before evidence of virus circulation, mosquitoes were tested negative but traditional vectors were alarmingly detected in 82% of municipalities, revealing high receptivity to sylvatic transmission. During the outbreak, five species were found positive in 42% of municipalities. Haemagogus janthinomys and Hg. leucocelaenus are considered the primary vectors due to their large distribution combined with high abundance and natural infection rates, concurring together for the rapid spread and severity of this outbreak. Aedes taeniorhynchus was found infected for the first time, but like Sabethes chloropterus and Aedes scapularis, it appears to have a potential local or secondary role because of their low abundance, distribution and infection rates. There was no evidence of YFV transmission by Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti, although the former was the most widespread species across affected municipalities, presenting an important overlap between the niches of the sylvatic vectors and the anthropic ones. The definition of receptive areas, expansion of vaccination in the most affected age group and exposed populations and the adoption of universal vaccination to the entire Brazilian population need to be urgently implemented.
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