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Host-Seeking and Sugar-Feeding Behaviors of Aedes aegypti in Nouakchott, Mauritania: Implications for Dengue Transmission
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Aedes aegypti, the main urban vector of dengue fever, poses a major public health problem in Nouakchott, Mauritania. This study analyzed the host-seeking and sugar-feeding behaviors of Ae. aegypti. Mosquitoes were collected using a vacuum cleaner in four districts between December 2023 and October 2024. Biting activity on humans was studied in May 2024, exclusively in the districts of Ksar, Tevragh Zeina and Arafat, between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. A negative binomial model was performed to analyze the effect of location and time on the human biting rate (HBR) of mosquitoes. In Nouakchott, except in the Arafat district, Ae. aegypti bites occur mainly outdoors, between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., with a peak between 11:00 a.m. and noon (HBR = 20 bites/person), and between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., with a peak between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (HBR = 11 bites/person). Inside homes, Ae. aegypti biting activity remains low everywhere (HBR ≤ 1.5 bites/person/hour). Molecular analysis of the origin of the blood meals showed that the females collected in Nouakchott were exclusively anthropophilic. Molecular analysis of the sugar sources revealed a great diversity with sweet potato being among the most common. These results highlight the need for targeted outdoor interventions and larval control measures to reduce the risk of dengue transmission in Nouakchott.
Title: Host-Seeking and Sugar-Feeding Behaviors of Aedes aegypti in Nouakchott, Mauritania: Implications for Dengue Transmission
Description:
Aedes aegypti, the main urban vector of dengue fever, poses a major public health problem in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
This study analyzed the host-seeking and sugar-feeding behaviors of Ae.
aegypti.
Mosquitoes were collected using a vacuum cleaner in four districts between December 2023 and October 2024.
Biting activity on humans was studied in May 2024, exclusively in the districts of Ksar, Tevragh Zeina and Arafat, between 5:00 a.
m.
and 9:00 p.
m.
A negative binomial model was performed to analyze the effect of location and time on the human biting rate (HBR) of mosquitoes.
In Nouakchott, except in the Arafat district, Ae.
aegypti bites occur mainly outdoors, between 8:00 a.
m.
and 1:00 p.
m.
, with a peak between 11:00 a.
m.
and noon (HBR = 20 bites/person), and between 5:00 p.
m.
and 7:00 p.
m.
, with a peak between 6:00 p.
m.
and 7:00 p.
m.
(HBR = 11 bites/person).
Inside homes, Ae.
aegypti biting activity remains low everywhere (HBR ≤ 1.
5 bites/person/hour).
Molecular analysis of the origin of the blood meals showed that the females collected in Nouakchott were exclusively anthropophilic.
Molecular analysis of the sugar sources revealed a great diversity with sweet potato being among the most common.
These results highlight the need for targeted outdoor interventions and larval control measures to reduce the risk of dengue transmission in Nouakchott.
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