DENGUE-2 OUTBREAK IN SOUTHEASTERN SENEGAL DURING 1990 - VIRUS ISOLATIONS FROM MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

Authors
TRAORELAMIZANA M ZELLER H MONLUN E MONDO M HERVY JP ADAM F DIGOUTTE JP
Citation
M. Traorelamizana et al., DENGUE-2 OUTBREAK IN SOUTHEASTERN SENEGAL DURING 1990 - VIRUS ISOLATIONS FROM MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE), Journal of medical entomology, 31(4), 1994, pp. 623-627
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
623 - 627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1994)31:4<623:DOISSD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
During 1990, Dengue-2 (DEN-2) virus was isolated for the first time fr om mosquitoes (Aedes furcifer, six isolates; Ae. taylori, six isolates ; Ae. luteocephalus, seven isolates) collected during an epidemic in w hich DEN-2 virus also was isolated from humans. Numerous isolations ha ve been made previously from mosquitoes in the absence of human infect ion. In Senegal, DEN-2 virus appears to be maintained in an enzootic c ycle and, therefore, plays an expanding role in human disease and incr eases the need for effective surveillance in mosquito populations.