Entomological Investigation Detects Dengue Virus Type 1 in Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) during the 2015-16 Outbreak in Hawaii.

ABSTRACT: A dengue outbreak occurred on Hawaii Island between September 2015 and March 2016. Entomological investigations were undertaken between December 2015 and February 2016 to determine which Aedes mosquito species were responsible for the outbreak. A total of 3,259 mosquitoes were collected using a combination of CDC autocidal gravid ovitraps, Biogents BG-Sentinel traps, and hand-nets; immature mosquitoes were collected during environmental surveys. The composition of species was Aedes albopictus (58%), Aedes aegypti (25%), Wyeomyia mitchelli (7%), Aedes vexans (5%), Culex quinquefasciatus (4%), and Aedes japonicus (1%). Adult mosquitoes were analyzed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of dengue v

SUBMITTER: Hasty JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7124917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature