TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding unveiled
T2 - Culex thalassius (Diptera: Culicidae), a new mosquito species emerges in the Cabo Verde archipelago
AU - Gonçalves, Adéritow Augusto Lopes Macedo
AU - da Silva Lopes, Luís Filipe Vieira
AU - Monteiro, Davidson Daniel Sousa
AU - da Moura, Aires Januário Fernandes
AU - da Costa Sousa, Carla Alexandra Gama Carrilho
AU - da Veiga Leal, Silvânia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Public Health (65.06.01.04.29.02\u2014Refor\u00E7o Do Laborat\u00F3rio Nacional De Sa\u00FAde Publica) and Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia funding to GHTM (UID/04413/2020), LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020), and CE3C (UID/BIA/00329/2013). Aires da Moura was funded by the PhD fellowship program of Cam\u00F5es I.P.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/5/1
Y1 - 2024/5/1
N2 - Mosquito-bornediseasescanposesignificantburdens.Inmanycountries,theyposearisktonationaleconomies and the well-being of humans and animals.To mitigate this, mosquito surveillance is crucial to assess the real and potential transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. Between 2020 and 2023, mosquito larvae were collected from both indoor and outdoor breeding sites in urban and rural areas of 4 municipalities of Santiago and Boavista Islands in Cabo Verde. Mosquitoes were identified morphologically and by polymerase chain reaction-based techniques that targeted the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I sequence. During this period, 6,825 breeding sites were assessed, and of 8,094 mosquito specimens screened, 194 specimens of Culex thalassius were identified for the first time in the country in 4 municipalities of Santiago and Boavista Islands.This new finding highlights the importance of including entomological surveillance in health systems. Although this species has only been detected on a few islands, it is important to continuously monitor it to determine its distribution, spread/dispersal, density, and potential involvement in pathogen transmission.
AB - Mosquito-bornediseasescanposesignificantburdens.Inmanycountries,theyposearisktonationaleconomies and the well-being of humans and animals.To mitigate this, mosquito surveillance is crucial to assess the real and potential transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. Between 2020 and 2023, mosquito larvae were collected from both indoor and outdoor breeding sites in urban and rural areas of 4 municipalities of Santiago and Boavista Islands in Cabo Verde. Mosquitoes were identified morphologically and by polymerase chain reaction-based techniques that targeted the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I sequence. During this period, 6,825 breeding sites were assessed, and of 8,094 mosquito specimens screened, 194 specimens of Culex thalassius were identified for the first time in the country in 4 municipalities of Santiago and Boavista Islands.This new finding highlights the importance of including entomological surveillance in health systems. Although this species has only been detected on a few islands, it is important to continuously monitor it to determine its distribution, spread/dispersal, density, and potential involvement in pathogen transmission.
KW - Cabo Verde
KW - Culex thalassius
KW - entomological surveillance
KW - PCR
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U2 - 10.1093/jme/tjae027
DO - 10.1093/jme/tjae027
M3 - Article
C2 - 38402515
AN - SCOPUS:85193030734
SN - 0022-2585
VL - 61
SP - 791
EP - 797
JO - Journal of Medical Entomology
JF - Journal of Medical Entomology
IS - 3
ER -