Blood-Feeding Patterns and Resting Behavior of Aedes aegypti from Three Health Districts of Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: Recent dengue outbreaks have occurred in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, the two major cities of Burkina Faso. Dengue is a viral disease transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti, a highly anthropophilic mosquito that thrives in human-transformed environments and breeds predominantly in artificial containers. In 2018, we investigated the resting and blood-feeding habits of Ae. aegypti in urban settings of Ouagadougou. In a 3-month cross-sectional study starting in August 2018, indoors and outdoors resting adult mosquitoes were collected using Prokopack aspirators in three health districts (HD). All mosquitoes were morphologically identified, and DNA was extracted from blood-fed Ae. aegypti females. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction with specific primers was used to identify the origin of

SUBMITTER: Ouedraogo WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619481 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature