Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana
Entomological surveillance is one of the tools used in monitoring and controlling vector-borne diseases. However, the use of entomological surveillance for arboviral infection vector control is often dependent on finding infected individuals. Although this method may suffice in highly endemic areas,...
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| author | Michael Amoa-Bosompem Daisuke Kobayashi Katsunori Murota Astri Nur Faizah Kentaro Itokawa Ryosuke Fujita Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei Esinam Agbosu Deborah Pratt Shohei Kimura Kofi Dadzie Kwofie Mitsuko Ohashi Joseph H. Kofi Bonney Samuel Dadzie Toshinori Sasaki Nobuo Ohta Haruhiko Isawa Kyoko Sawabe Shiroh Iwanaga |
| author_facet | Michael Amoa-Bosompem Daisuke Kobayashi Katsunori Murota Astri Nur Faizah Kentaro Itokawa Ryosuke Fujita Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei Esinam Agbosu Deborah Pratt Shohei Kimura Kofi Dadzie Kwofie Mitsuko Ohashi Joseph H. Kofi Bonney Samuel Dadzie Toshinori Sasaki Nobuo Ohta Haruhiko Isawa Kyoko Sawabe Shiroh Iwanaga |
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| description | Entomological surveillance is one of the tools used in monitoring and controlling vector-borne diseases. However, the use of entomological surveillance for arboviral infection vector control is often dependent on finding infected individuals. Although this method may suffice in highly endemic areas, it is not as effective in controlling the spread of diseases in low endemic and non-endemic areas. In this study, we examined the efficiency of using entomological markers to assess the status and risk of arbovirus infection in Ghana, which is considered a non-endemic country, by combining mosquito surveillance with virus isolation and detection. This study reports the presence of cryptic species of mosquitoes in Ghana, demonstrating the need to combine morphological identification and molecular techniques in mosquito surveillance. Furthermore, although no medically important viruses were detected, the importance of insect-specific viruses in understanding virus evolution and arbovirus transmission is discussed. This study reports the first mutualistic relationship between dengue virus and the double-stranded RNA Aedes aegypti totivirus. Finally, this study discusses the complexity of the virome of <i>Aedes</i> and <i>Culex</i> mosquitoes and its implication for arbovirus transmission. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02f7632020854e83b450d881f0e53df62022-12-22T00:49:57ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152020-01-0112214710.3390/v12020147v12020147Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in GhanaMichael Amoa-Bosompem0Daisuke Kobayashi1Katsunori Murota2Astri Nur Faizah3Kentaro Itokawa4Ryosuke Fujita5Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei6Esinam Agbosu7Deborah Pratt8Shohei Kimura9Kofi Dadzie Kwofie10Mitsuko Ohashi11Joseph H. Kofi Bonney12Samuel Dadzie13Toshinori Sasaki14Nobuo Ohta15Haruhiko Isawa16Kyoko Sawabe17Shiroh Iwanaga18Department of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, JapanDepartment of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanKyushu Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, NARO, 2702 Chuzan, Kagoshima 891-0105, JapanDepartment of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanPathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanLaboratory of Sanitary Entomology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, JapanDepartment of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, P.O. box LG 581, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, P.O. box LG 581, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, P.O. box LG 581, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, JapanDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, JapanDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, JapanDepartment of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, P.O. box LG 581, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, P.O. box LG 581, Legon, Accra, GhanaDepartment of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanFaculty of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, 1001-1 Kishioka-cyo, Suzuka-shi, Mie 510-0293, JapanDepartment of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanDepartment of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, JapanDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, JapanEntomological surveillance is one of the tools used in monitoring and controlling vector-borne diseases. However, the use of entomological surveillance for arboviral infection vector control is often dependent on finding infected individuals. Although this method may suffice in highly endemic areas, it is not as effective in controlling the spread of diseases in low endemic and non-endemic areas. In this study, we examined the efficiency of using entomological markers to assess the status and risk of arbovirus infection in Ghana, which is considered a non-endemic country, by combining mosquito surveillance with virus isolation and detection. This study reports the presence of cryptic species of mosquitoes in Ghana, demonstrating the need to combine morphological identification and molecular techniques in mosquito surveillance. Furthermore, although no medically important viruses were detected, the importance of insect-specific viruses in understanding virus evolution and arbovirus transmission is discussed. This study reports the first mutualistic relationship between dengue virus and the double-stranded RNA Aedes aegypti totivirus. Finally, this study discusses the complexity of the virome of <i>Aedes</i> and <i>Culex</i> mosquitoes and its implication for arbovirus transmission.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/147<i>aedes aegypti</i><i>culex spp</i>.cryptic speciesdengue virusmosquito viromeinsect-specific virustotivirusghanavirus-virus interaction |
| spellingShingle | Michael Amoa-Bosompem Daisuke Kobayashi Katsunori Murota Astri Nur Faizah Kentaro Itokawa Ryosuke Fujita Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei Esinam Agbosu Deborah Pratt Shohei Kimura Kofi Dadzie Kwofie Mitsuko Ohashi Joseph H. Kofi Bonney Samuel Dadzie Toshinori Sasaki Nobuo Ohta Haruhiko Isawa Kyoko Sawabe Shiroh Iwanaga Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana Viruses <i>aedes aegypti</i> <i>culex spp</i>. cryptic species dengue virus mosquito virome insect-specific virus totivirus ghana virus-virus interaction |
| title | Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana |
| title_full | Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana |
| title_short | Entomological Assessment of the Status and Risk of Mosquito-borne Arboviral Transmission in Ghana |
| title_sort | entomological assessment of the status and risk of mosquito borne arboviral transmission in ghana |
| topic | <i>aedes aegypti</i> <i>culex spp</i>. cryptic species dengue virus mosquito virome insect-specific virus totivirus ghana virus-virus interaction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/147 |
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