Stéphanie Dabo, Annabelle Henrion-Lacritick, Alicia Lecuyer, Davy Jiolle, Christophe Paupy, Diego Ayala, Silvânia da Veiga Leal, Athanase Badolo, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Massamba Sylla, Jewelna Akorli, Sampson Otoo, Joel Lutomiah, Rosemary Sang, John-Paul Mutebi, Maria-Carla Saleh, Noah H Rose, Carolyn S McBride, Louis Lambrechts
African populations of the mosquito Aedes aegypti are usually considered less susceptible to infection by human-pathogenic flaviviruses than globally invasive populations found outside Africa. Although this contrast has been well documented for Zika virus (ZIKV), it is unclear to what extent it is true for dengue virus (DENV), the most prevalent flavivirus of humans. Addressing this question is complicated by substantial genetic diversity among DENV strains, most notably in the form of four genetic types (DENV1 to DENV4), that can lead to genetically specific interactions with mosquito populations...
March 25, 2024: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases