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Feeding Behaviour of Potential Vectors of West Nile Virus in Senegal Assane G Feeding behaviour of potential vectors of West Nile virus in Senegal Assane G. Fall, Amadou Diaite, Renaud Lancelot, Annelise Tran, Valerie Soti, Eric Etter, Lassana Konate, Ousmane Faye, Jérémy Bouyer To cite this version: Assane G. Fall, Amadou Diaite, Renaud Lancelot, Annelise Tran, Valerie Soti, et al.. Feeding be- haviour of potential vectors of West Nile virus in Senegal. Parasites and Vectors, BioMed Central, 2011, 4, 10.1186/1756-3305-4-99. hal-01219008 HAL Id: hal-01219008 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01219008 Submitted on 21 Oct 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Fall et al. Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:99 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/99 RESEARCH Open Access Feeding behaviour of potential vectors of West Nile virus in Senegal Assane G Fall1*, Amadou Diaïté1, Renaud Lancelot2, Annelise Tran3,4, Valérie Soti3,4, Eric Etter4,6, Lassana Konaté5, Ousmane Faye5 and Jérémy Bouyer1,2 Abstract Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is a widespread pathogen maintained in an enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds with occasional spill-over into dead-end hosts such as horses and humans. Migratory birds are believed to play an important role in its dissemination from and to the Palaearctic area, as well as its local dispersion between wintering sites. The Djoudj Park, located in Senegal, is a major wintering site for birds migrating from Europe during the study period (Sept. 2008- Jan. 2009). In this work, we studied the seasonal feeding behaviour dynamics of the potential WNV mosquito vectors at the border of the Djoudj Park, using a reference trapping method (CDC light CO2-baited traps) and two host-specific methods (horse- and pigeon-baited traps). Blood meals of engorged females were analysed to determine their origin. Results: Results indicated that Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Cx. neavei may play a key role in the WNV transmission dynamics, the latter being the best candidate bridging-vector species between mammals and birds. Moreover, the attractiveness of pigeon- and horse-baited traps for Cx. neavei and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus varied with time. Finally, Cx. tritaeniorhynchus was only active when the night temperature was above 20°C, whereas Cx. neavei was active throughout the observation period. Conclusions: Cx. neavei and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus are the main candidate vectors for the transmission of WNV in the area. The changes in host attractiveness might be related to variable densities of the migratory birds during the trapping period. We discuss the importance of these results on the risk of WNV transmission in horses and humans. Background be anchored to local (African) spreading mechanism West Nile fever (WNF) is an arthropod-borne disease especially at birds’ nesting, feeding, or resting sites caused by a Flavivirus (Flaviviridae) belonging to the where vector feeding behaviour probably plays a critical Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex [1]. Birds are role [7]. involved in its pathosystem. Horses and humans are The Senegal River delta (northern Senegal and southern dead-end hosts: their infection often remains unappar- Mauritania) is characterized by a mixture of natural wet- ent but they can suffer febrile or even fatal illness with lands and extensive irrigated agricultural activity. It is one neural symptoms [2]. The West Nile virus (WNV) is of the major wintering sites for birds migrating between highly endemic in Africa in general, and particularly in Europe and Africa that benefit from abundant food Senegal [3-5]. Migratory birds may be involved in resources in the Djoudj National Park, where this study spreading the virus in Africa, Europe, the Middle East was conducted. The majority of the bird species migrating and south-western Asia, especially through the Palaearc- from Europe arrive there during the month of October tic migration routes where major flyways are crossing and start their return flight during March/April [8]. each other [6]. Such transcontinental introduction must A number of mosquito candidate vectors for the transmission of WNV have been identified in Senegal: * Correspondence: [email protected] Culex poicilipes, Cx. naevei, Mymomia spp., Mymomia 1Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/Laboratoire National de hispida, M. lacustris, M. splendens, Aedomya africana ’ l Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires BP 2057 Dakar-Hann, Sénégal [5], A. vexans and Mansonia uniformis [9]. All these Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © 2011 Fall et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fall et al. Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:99 Page 2 of 7 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/99 species have a nocturnal feeding behaviour. However, Mali) while retaining water with the Diama dam located little is known regarding their host preferences, espe- near Ross Bethio. In Ross Bethio, the maximum flooding cially regarding species feeding both on birds and mam- level is usually observed in early November. mals. The main objective of this study was to assess their feeding behaviour and its seasonality during the Results period of high risk of transmission of WNV in the area In total, 28,965 female mosquitoes, representing 12 spe- [3], to identify potential factors increasing the transmis- cies in 5 genera, were captured in all traps over 79 sion between birds, and more importantly, from birds to nights from September 2008 to January 2009. Mosqui- mammals. toes from the Culex genus represented 95% (27,443) of The study was conducted in Ross Bethio, a small town the total captures. The predominant species were Cx. located 10 km south from the Djoudj National Park, tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. neavei and Cx. poicilipes,repre- Senegal (Figure 1). In 2005, a serological survey carried senting 69.4% (20,109), 19.7% (5,702) and 5.4% (1,575) out on horses in this region highlighted high WN preva- of the total captures respectively. CDC light CO2-baited lence rates (0.85; n = 367; 95% CI 0.81-0.89) [10]. traps were the most efficient with 20,382 female mos- The landscape surrounding Ross-Bethio is character- quitoes (apparent nightly density per trap - ANT of the ized by grasslands, shrublands and dry saline flats total collection = 566.2) in 11 species belonging to 5 ("tans”). This area is also one of the main agricultural genera closely followed by the horse-baited trap with centres in the Senegal River delta, rice and sugar cane 7402 female mosquitoes (ANT of the total collection = representing the main crops. During the dry season 493.5) in 8 species and 4 genera. Pigeon-baited traps (from November to May), green vegetation is limited to collected 1,181 (ANT of the total collection = 42.2) some scattered trees and shrubs. During the rainy sea- mosquitoes in 6 species and 2 genera (Table 1). son (June to October: mean annual rainfall ca. 250 mm), The predominance of Cx. tritaeniorhynchus and Cx. an herbaceous layer is available for domestic ruminants, neavei over the other species was also clearly showed on donkeys and horses. The latter is used for ploughing, the table 1. The ANTs within a given trap type were transporting goods and humans, and social distinction. correlated between sites (p < 0.05). Whereas Cx. tritae- The Senegal River valley, including the delta, is flooded niorhynchus was mainly mammophilic, Cx. neavei was each year either by rainfall water naturally collected in attracted by both horses and birds. the upper Senegal River basin, or by planned water A strong seasonality was observed in the attractiveness releases from the Manantali dam (upper Senegal River, of each host for Cx. neavei and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus.The Figure 1 Ross Bethio study area in the delta of the Senegal River. The mosquito trapping sites are projected on the land cover (data source: EDEN project, http://www.eden-fp6project.net/). Fall et al. Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:99 Page 3 of 7 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/99 Table 1 Mean apparent mosquito densities in the Senegal River delta CDC light CO2-baited traps Horse-baited trap Pigeon-baited traps Mosquito species GL ground GL canopy RM ground RB (n = 15) GL ground GL canopy (n = 15) (n = 12) (n = 9) (n = 14) (n = 14) Culex neavei 53.7 ± 53.41 106.3 ± 121.51 10.4 ± 21.54 176.7 ± 275.47 3.3 ± 4.16 59.4 ± 38.82 Culex tritaeniorynchus 540.3 ± 755.92 408.1 ± 674.02 331.5 ± 540.06 257.4 ± 485.02 1.6 ± 3.71 17.4 ± 33.36 Aedes sudanensis 0 0.1 ± 0.29 0.7 ± 1.12 0 0 0 Mansonia uniformis 21.2 ± 21.92 18.3 ± 24.50 5 ± 5.96 2.2 ± 3.23 0.4 ± 0.74 0.5 ± 0.85 Aedomyia africana 0.1 ± 0.35 2.1 ± 2.75 0 0.1 ± 0.26 0 0 Anopheles rufipes 0 0.1 ± 0.29 0.1 ± 0.33 0.1 ± 0.26 0 0 Anopheles pharoensis 6.3 ± 7.82 3.2 ± 3.54 4.8 ± 8.67 29.8 ± 44.25 0 0 Anopheles ziemanni 4.3 ± 7.50 3.9 ± 6.72 1.8 ± 2.49 7.1 ± 8.67 0 0 Culex bitaeniorhynchus 0.9 ± 1.39 0.2 ± 0.39 2 ± 4.69 0 0 0.2 ± 0.43 Culex theileri 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 ± 0.27 Culex poicilipes 16.3 ± 15.96 68 ± 89.94 21.2 ± 49.73 20.1 ± 26.33 0 1.6 ± 2.82 Culex perfuscus 0.7 ± 1.39 0.3 ± 0.89 0.1 ± 0.33 0 0 0 Mean values per trap per night ± standard deviation for each mosquito species during the whole trapping period are presented according to the trap type, height and location (RB = Ross Bethio, GL = Grand Lampsar, RM = Raïnabé tempory pound, n = number of trap-nights).
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