Author(s): MacIntyre, Caitlin ; Guarido, Milehna Mara ; Riddin, Megan Amy ; Johnson, Todd ; Braack, Leo ; Scharama, Maarten ; Gorsich, Erin ; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia ; Venter, Marietjie
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/163185
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): QR Microbiology; QR355 Virology; Epidemiology; Microbiology (medical); Infectious Diseases; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Funding Information: The study was funded in part by a cooperative agreement (no. 5 NU2GGH001874-02-00) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study was solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or US Department of Health and Human Services. Funding Information: We thank Lapalala Wilderness, Marataba Conservation, and South African National Parks for logistical assistance and permission to collect mosquitoes; Basil Brooke and Danny Govender for their contribution to the collection of the mosquitoes; all previous staff and students in the Zoonotic Arbo- and Respiratory virus program for their technical support; and Clarence Yah for his assistance in preparing the manuscript. A.P.G. Almeida has been a recipient of the Visiting Professor Programme of the University of Pretoria and acknowledges the Global Health and Tropical Medicine unit. The study was funded in part by a cooperative agreement (no. 5 NU2GGH001874-02-00) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study was solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or US Department of Health and Human Services. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
We collected >40,000 mosquitoes from 5 provinces in South Africa during 2011–2018 and screened for zoonotic flaviviruses. We detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes from conservation and periurban sites and potential new mosquito vectors; Banzi virus was rare. Our results suggest flavivirus transmission risks are increasing in South Africa.
