1. Mosquito species associated with horses in Madagascar : a review of their vector status with regard to the epidemiology of West Nile fever
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I. Randriananjantenaina, M. R. Raharinirina, Romain Girod, E. Cardinale, Michaël Luciano Tantely, Hélène Guis, N. Raveloarijaona, Claire Garros, Catherine Cetre-Sossah, H. J. Velonirina, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (IPM), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes (UMR ASTRE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité d’Épidémiologie et de Recherche clinique [Antananarivo, Madagascar], Département Systèmes Biologiques (Cirad-BIOS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Université d'Antananarivo, Ministère chargé de l'Agriculture et de l'Élevage [Antananarivo, Madagascar], and This work was funded by the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar and the CIRAD.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Veterinary medicine ,Culex ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030231 tropical medicine ,Cattle Diseases ,Mosquito Vectors ,Generalist and specialist species ,law.invention ,Antennatus ,03 medical and health sciences ,West Nile virus Madagascar ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Epidemiology ,parasitic diseases ,Madagascar ,medicine ,Animals ,Horses ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,General Veterinary ,biology ,fungi ,Horse ,biology.organism_classification ,Blood meal ,3. Good health ,horse ,Transmission (mechanics) ,Culicidae ,Insect Science ,Vector (epidemiology) ,Cattle ,Female ,Horse Diseases ,Parasitology ,West Nile virus ,West Nile Fever - Abstract
International audience; In Madagascar, the high West Nile virus (WNV) antibody prevalence reported in horse populations suggests a high level of vector-horse contact. This study aims to characterize the mosquito species usually involved in WNV transmission in horse stables in Madagascar. Five horse stables were investigated in October and November 2016 in five distinct inland areas. Mosquitoes were collected using double net traps baited with human, poultry or horse as well as light traps. Blood meal identification from engorged females was performed using host-specific PCRs. A total of 2898 adult mosquitoes were collected with Culex (Culex) antennatus (Becker) (40.7%), and Cx. (Cux.) quinquefasciatus Say (14.9%), being the most abundant species. The mosquito abundance varied between horse stables (P < 10(-7)) and depending on the bait used in the double net traps (P < 0.003). Among the 190 tested blood meals, 119 consisted of single blood meals with 85 from horse, 17 from human, 16 from chicken, one from cattle and 71 consisted of mixed blood meals. The mosquito species collected during this study exhibited a generalist feeding behaviour allowing them to act as bridge vectors between different vertebrate hosts involved in WNV transmission cycle. Their vector status with regard to West Nile fever epidemiology is reviewed
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- 2021