Introduction
Methods
Study site description
Mosquito sampling
Larval survey of Aedes aegypti
Adult mosquito collections
Mosquito processing and virus isolation
RNA extraction and reverse transcription
Characterization by sequencing
Sequence analysis and phylogenetics
Statistical analysis
Results
Container type and positivity for Ae. aegypti larvae
Site | Index* | ||
---|---|---|---|
House Index | Container Index | Breateau Index | |
Vanga Island | 3.05% (5/164) | 0.66% (6/903) | 3.66 |
Jengo Village | 2.40% (2/84) | 0.48% (2/414) | 0.02 |
Lunga Lunga | 22.03% (26/118) | 8.50% (35/413) | 0.30 |
Container type | Vanga | Jego | LungaLunga | Combined | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n | N | n | N | n | N | n | |
Jerricans | 154 | 0 | 207 | 0 | 209 | 7 | 570 | 7 |
Buckets | 559 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 738 | 2 |
Plastic drum | 84 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 131 | 20 | 247 | 22 |
Underground drums | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Plastic tank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Plastic basin | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 100 | 4 |
Cooking pot | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Metal drum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Concrete tank | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
Claypot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
Tire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Borehole | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 903 | 6 | 414 | 2 | 413 | 35 | 1730 | 43 |
Adult mosquito
Species | Site | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jego | Lunga Lunga | Tsuini | Vanga | Combined | ||||||
Nr | % | Nr | % | Nr | % | Nr | % | Nr | c% | |
Cx. quinquefasciatus | 24 | 8.5 | 40 | 12.8 | 30 | 8.0 | 254 | 25.9 | 348 | 17.8 |
Ae. pembaensis | 35 | 12.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 26 | 6.9 | 170 | 17.4 | 233 | 11.9 |
An. funestus | 30 | 10.6 | 13 | 4.2 | 123 | 32.8 | 53 | 5.4 | 219 | 11.2 |
Cx. annulioris | 30 | 10.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 50 | 13.3 | 90 | 9.2 | 176 | 9.0 |
Mn. uniformis | 54 | 19.0 | 8 | 2.6 | 6 | 1.6 | 106 | 10.8 | 174 | 8.9 |
Ae. tricholabis | 33 | 11.6 | 7 | 2.2 | 22 | 5.9 | 61 | 6.2 | 123 | 6.3 |
Mn. africana | 29 | 10.2 | 13 | 4.2 | 11 | 2.9 | 33 | 3.4 | 86 | 4.4 |
Cx. zombaensis | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 71 | 7.3 | 77 | 3.9 |
Ae. furfurea | 3 | 1.1 | 53 | 17.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 3.1 |
An. coustani | 17 | 6.0 | 6 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.9 | 24 | 2.5 | 54 | 2.8 |
Ae. ochraceus | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 10.3 | 14 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 2.4 |
Ae. aegypti | 1 | 0.4 | 16 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 26 | 2.7 | 45 | 2.3 |
An. gambiae | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.4 | 33 | 1.7 |
An. squamosus | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.7 | 9 | 2.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 32 | 1.6 |
Cx. vansomereni | 8 | 2.8 | 8 | 2.6 | 3 | 0.8 | 9 | 0.9 | 28 | 1.4 |
Ae. mcintoshi | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.3 | 27 | 1.4 |
Ae. sudanensis | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 4.5 | 13 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1.4 |
Cx. univittatus | 4 | 1.4 | 7 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 11 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.2 |
Ae. tarsalis | 1 | 0.4 | 9 | 2.9 | 8 | 2.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 22 | 1.1 |
Culex | 3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 14 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.1 |
Aedes | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 14 | 1.4 | 19 | 1.0 |
Ae. hirsutus | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.6 |
Cx. poicilipes | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.6 |
Ae. simpsoni | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 9 | 0.5 |
Eret. chrysogaster | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.4 |
Cx. ethiopicus | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.3 |
Anopheles | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.3 |
Fi. medioneata | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.2 |
Ae. metallicus | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 |
An. nili | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 |
An. pharoensis | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
An. maculipalpis | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 |
Coq. aurites | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 |
Cx. cinereus | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 |
Filcabia | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 |
Ae. africana | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Ae. vittatus | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Coq. fuscopennatus | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Coq. metallicus | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Cx. tigripes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Grand Total | 284 | 312 | 375 | 979 | 1950 |