Evaluation of honey-baited FTA cards in combination with different mosquito traps in an area of low arbovirus prevalence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The threat of mosquito-borne diseases is increasing in continental Europe as demonstrated by several autochthonous chikungunya, dengue and West Nile virus outbreaks. In Switzerland, despite the presence of competent vectors, routine surveillance of arboviruses in mosquitoes is not being carried out, mainly due to the high costs associated with the need of a constant cold chain and laborious processing of thousands of mosquitoes. An alternative approach is using honey-baited nucleic acid preserving cards (FTA cards) to collect mosquito saliva that may be analysed for arboviruses. Here, we evaluate whether FTA cards could be used to detect potentially emerging viruses in an area of low virus prevalence in combination with an effective mosquito trap.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Wipf NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6873520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature