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An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses
Version 1
: Received: 13 July 2021 / Approved: 14 July 2021 / Online: 14 July 2021 (14:46:58 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 30 September 2021 / Approved: 30 September 2021 / Online: 30 September 2021 (11:48:25 CEST)
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Garcia-Rejon, J.E.; Navarro, J.; Cigarroa-Toledo, N.; Baak-Baak, C.M. An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses. Preprints2021, 2021070339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0339.v1
Garcia-Rejon, J.E.; Navarro, J.; Cigarroa-Toledo, N.; Baak-Baak, C.M. An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses. Preprints 2021, 2021070339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0339.v1
Garcia-Rejon, J.E.; Navarro, J.; Cigarroa-Toledo, N.; Baak-Baak, C.M. An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses. Preprints2021, 2021070339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0339.v1
APA Style
Garcia-Rejon, J.E., Navarro, J., Cigarroa-Toledo, N., & Baak-Baak, C.M. (2021). An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0339.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Garcia-Rejon, J.E., Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo and Carlos M. Baak-Baak. 2021 "An Updated Review Of the Invasive Aedes Albopictus in the Americas; The Minimum Infection Rate Suggests That Is More Efficient in the Vertical Than Horizontal Transmission of Arboviruses" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0339.v1
Abstract
The aim of the work was to update the distribution range of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus Skuse in the Americas, review the blood feeding patterns and compare the minimum infection rate (MIR) between studies of vertical and horizontal transmission of arboviruses. The current distribution of Ae. albopictus encompasses 21 countries in the Americas. In eleven published papers on the blood feeding pattern of Ae. albopictus, DNA from 16 species of mammals and five species of avian species was found. The most common host is humans, and dogs. We found 24 published papers on the identification of arboviruses in wild populations of Ae. albopictus with the potential to infect humans and animals. Eight arboviruses have been isolated in different studies carried out in Brazil, USA, Mexico, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Fifty-eight percent (14/24) of the publications reported vertical transmission of arbovirus. Positive pools were higher in vertical (8.45%) compared to horizontal transmission (0.97%). This was supported by the MIR, which was 3 times greater in vertical (MIR=3.21) than horizontal transmission (MIR= 1.08). In conclusion, Ae. albopictus is an invasive mosquito with wide phenotypic plasticity to adapt to broad and new areas, high vectorial competence to transmit several arboviruses mainly by transovarial transmission, it can participate in the endemic transmission, and serve as a bridge vector for emerging arboviruses between sylvan, rural, and urban areas.
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