Bennouna A, Balenghien T, El Rhaffouli H, Schaffner F, Garros C, Gardès L, Lhor Y, Hammoumi S, Chlyeh G, Fassi Fihri O
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Animal Pathology and Public Health, Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco.
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 15, Contrôle des Maladies Animales, Exotiques et Émergentes (CMAEE), Montpellier, France.
Med Vet Entomol. 2017 Mar;31(1):102-106. doi: 10.1111/mve.12194. Epub 2016 Oct 24.
The Asian tiger mosquito Stegomyia albopicta (= Aedes albopictus) (Diptera: Culicidae), native to Asian forests, is a nuisance mosquito and is responsible for the transmission of arboviruses of public health importance, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. It has colonized parts of all continents, except Antarctica, over the past 30-40 years. However, to date, the only records of S. albopicta in North Africa refer to occasional collections in 2010 and 2014 in Algeria. In early September 2015, S. albopicta larvae and adults were collected in a district of Rabat, Morocco. Morphological identification was confirmed by molecular analysis. This is the first record of this invasive mosquito in Morocco. A national surveillance programme will be implemented in 2016 to establish its geographical distribution in Morocco and to instigate control measures to prevent the establishment of new populations and the transmission of arboviruses.
亚洲虎蚊白纹伊蚊（= 埃及伊蚊）（双翅目：蚊科）原产于亚洲森林，是一种骚扰性蚊虫，可传播具有公共卫生重要性的虫媒病毒，如登革热、基孔肯雅热和寨卡病毒。在过去30至40年间，它已在除南极洲以外的各大洲部分地区定殖。然而，迄今为止，北非白纹伊蚊的唯一记录是2010年和2014年在阿尔及利亚的偶然采集。2015年9月初，在摩洛哥拉巴特的一个地区采集到了白纹伊蚊的幼虫和成虫。通过分子分析确认了形态学鉴定结果。这是这种入侵性蚊虫在摩洛哥的首次记录。2016年将实施一项国家监测计划，以确定其在摩洛哥的地理分布，并采取控制措施，防止新种群的建立和虫媒病毒的传播。
