Pagès Frédéric, Peyrefitte Christophe N, Mve Médard Toung, Jarjaval Fanny, Brisse Sylvain, Iteman Isabelle, Gravier Patrick, Tolou Hugues, Nkoghe Dieudonné, Grandadam Marc
Institut de médecine tropicale du Service de santé des armées, Unité d'entomologie médicale, URMITE UMR 6236, Marseille, France.
PLoS One. 2009;4(3):e4691. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004691. Epub 2009 Mar 4.
The primary vector at the origin of the 2007 outbreak in Libreville, Gabon is identified as Aedes albopictus, trapped around the nearby French military camp. The Chikungunya virus was isolated from mosquitoes and found to be identical to the A226V circulating human strain. This is the first field study showing the role of the recently arrived species Aedes albopictus in Chikungunya virus transmission in Central Africa, and it demonstrates this species' role in modifying the epidemiological presentation of Chikungunya in Gabon.
加蓬利伯维尔2007年疫情源头的主要病媒被确定为白纹伊蚊，它们在附近的法国军营周围被捕获。从蚊子中分离出基孔肯雅病毒，发现其与正在传播的A226V人类毒株相同。这是第一项实地研究，表明新出现的白纹伊蚊物种在中非基孔肯雅病毒传播中的作用，并且证明了该物种在改变加蓬基孔肯雅热的流行病学表现方面所起的作用。
