Final meeting of the project “Vector competence to Zika virus of mosquitoes in the Mediterranean region (VEC-ZIKA-MED)” funded by WHO – Rabat, 30 October 2017
Project coordinated by Institut Pasteur Paris and Institut Pasteur Tunis.
Were present: Ali BOUATTOUR (Institut Pasteur de Tunis), Youmna M’Ghirbi (Institut Pasteur de Tunis), Mhammed Sarih (Institut Pasteur du Maroc), Anna-Bella Failloux (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Fadila Amraoui (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen (WHO), Chafika Faraj (Institut National d’Hygiène), Oumnia HIMMI (Université Mohammed V de Rabat), Ameur Btissam (Ministère de la Santé du Maroc), Elbachir ADLAOUI (Institut National d’Hygiène), Nabila HADDAD (Université Libanaise, Lebanon, via skype)
The objectives of this project were to:
- monitor the presence and distribution of albopictus in Tunisia, Morocco and Lebanon
- define the vector competence of Aedes caspius, Aedes detritus and Aedes albopictus to Zika virus.