Lien vers Pubmed [PMID] – 38596820
Lien DOI – 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100360
IJID Reg 2024 Jun; 11(): 100360
Our study targets the potential of the local urban mosquito Aedes aegypti to experimentally transmit chikungunya virus (CHIKV), dengue virus (DENV), yellow fever virus (YFV), and Zika virus (ZIKV).We collected eggs and adults of Ae. aegypti in Medellín, Colombia (from February to March 2020) for mosquito experimental infections with DENV, CHIKV, YFV and ZIKV and viral detection using the BioMark Dynamic arrays system.We show that Ae. aegypti from Medellín was more prone to become infected, to disseminate and transmit CHIKV and ZIKV than DENV and YFV.Thus, in Colombia, chikungunya is the most serious threat to public health based on our vector competence data.