West Nile Virus Transmission in Sentinel Chickens and Potential Mosquito Vectors, Senegal River Delta, 2008–2009

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Assane Gueye Fall⁴  Amadou Diaïté⁴  Momar Talla Seck⁴  Jérémy Bouyer⁴  Thierry Lefrançois²  Nathalie Vachiéry³  Rosalie Aprelon³  Ousmane Faye¹  Lassana Konaté¹ 

[1] Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département de Biologie Animale, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar BP 5005, Senegal; E-Mails:;Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes (UMR CMAEE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier 34398, France; E-Mails:;UMR CMAEE, INRA, Petit Bourg 97170, Guadeloupe, France; E-Mails:;Laboratoire National d’Elevage et de Recherche Vétérinaire, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Dakar-Hann BP 2057, Senegal; E-Mails:

关键词: West Nile virus;    sentinel chicken;    mosquito;    Culex;    Senegal River Delta;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph10104718

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne Flavivirus usually transmitted to wild birds by Culex mosquitoes. Humans and horses are susceptible to WNV but are dead-end hosts. WNV is endemic in Senegal, particularly in the Senegal River Delta. To assess transmission patterns and potential vectors, entomological and sentinel serological was done in Ross Bethio along the River Senegal. Three sentinel henhouses (also used as chicken-baited traps) were set at 100 m, 800 m, and 1,300 m from the river, the latter close to a horse-baited trap. Blood samples were taken from sentinel chickens at 2-week intervals. Seroconversions were observed in sentinel chickens in November and December. Overall, the serological incidence rate was 4.6% with 95% confidence interval (0.9; 8.4) in the sentinel chickens monitored for this study. Based on abundance pattern, Culex neavei was the most likely mosquito vector involved in WNV transmission to sentinel chickens, and a potential bridge vector between birds and mammals.

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