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Alphaviruses Detected in Mosquitoes in the North-Eastern Regions of South Afric...
Guarido, Milehna Mara; Fourie, Isabel; Meno, Kgothatso; Mendes, Adriano; Riddin, Megan A.; MacIntyre, Caitlin; Manyana, Sontaga Cris; Johnson, ToddThe prevalence and distribution of African alphaviruses such as chikungunya have increased in recent years. Therefore, a better understanding of the local distribution of alphaviruses in vectors across the African continent is important. Here, entomological surveillance was performed from 2014 to 2018 at selected sites in north-eastern parts of South Africa where alphaviruses have been identified during outbrea...
Survey of West Nile and Banzi Viruses in Mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018
MacIntyre, Caitlin; Guarido, Milehna Mara; Riddin, Megan Amy; Johnson, Todd; Braack, Leo; Scharama, Maarten; Gorsich, ErinFunding 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 Wilder...
Morphological and Molecular Characterization Using Genitalia and CoxI Barcode S...
Montalvo-Sabino, Eddyson; Abílio, Ana Paula; Guarido, Milehna Mara; Valadas, Vera; Novo, Maria Teresa; Kampango, Ayubo; Sousa, Carla AlexandraFunding Information: Eddyson Montalvo-Sabino was recipient of a grant from “Programa Nacional de Becas y Crédito Educativo” (PRONABEC), 2019—Beca Generacion del Bicentenario, from the “Ministerio de Educación” of Peru. A.P. Abilio was a recipient of a grant from Wellcome Trust (Grant WT087546MA) through SACIDS RVF and NPHI-Phase-II from the National Institute for Health of Mozambique through a cooperative agree...
Potential mosquito vectors for Shuni Virus, South Africa, 2014-2018
Guarido, Milehna Mara; Motlou, Thopisang; Riddin, Megan A.; MacIntyre, Caitlin; Manyana, Sontaga Cris; Johnson, Todd; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin E.Funding Information: This study was supported by Cooperative Agreement no. 5 NU2GGH001874-02-00, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was also funded in part through scholarships from the National Research Foundation and The World Academy of Sciences. A.P.G.A. has been a recipient of the Visiting Professor Programme by the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and acknowledges the Global...
Mosquito community composition in South Africa and some neighboring countries
Cornel, Anthony J; Yoosook, Lee,; Almeida, A.P.G.; Todd, Johnson,; Joel Claude, Mouatcho, Joel Claude; Venter, Marietjie; de Jager, ChristiaanBACKGROUND: A century of studies have described particular aspects of relatively few mosquito species in southern Africa, mostly those species involved with disease transmission, specifically malaria and arboviruses. Patterns of community composition such as mosquito abundance and species diversity are often useful measures for medical entomologists to guide broader insights and projections regarding disease dy...
Comparative morphological and molecular analysis confirms the presence of the W...
De Pinho Mixão, Verónica; Bravo-Barriga, Daniel; Parreira, Ricardo; Novo, Maria Teresa; Sousa, Carla Alexandra; Frontera, Eva; Venter, MarietjieBackground: Culex univittatus and Culex perexiguus mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are competent arbovirus vectors, but with unclear morphological differentiation. In Europe, and in the Iberian Peninsula in particular, the presence of either or both species is controversial. However, in order to conduct adequate surveillance for arboviruses in this region, it is crucial to clarify whether Cx. univittatus is pre...