1. Detection of arboviruses in mosquitoes: Evidence of circulation of chikungunya virus in Iran
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Marie Vazeille, Géraldine Piorkowski, Hasan Bakhshi, Sara Moutailler, Xavier de Lamballerie, Navid Dinparast-Djadid, Laurence Mousson, Anna-Bella Failloux, Sedigheh Zakeri, Abbasali Raz, Malaria and Vector Research Group (MVRG), Institut Pasteur d'Iran, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Arbovirus et Insectes Vecteurs - Arboviruses and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), European Project: 734548,ZIKAlliance(2016), Noel, Anne-Laure, A global alliance for Zika virus control and prevention - ZIKAlliance - 2016-10-01 - 2019-09-30 - 734548 - VALID, Institut Pasteur [Paris], École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,RNA viruses ,Viral Diseases ,viruses ,RC955-962 ,Dengue virus ,Iran ,Disease Vectors ,medicine.disease_cause ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Mosquitoes ,Geographical Locations ,Human health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Genotype ,Screening method ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Chikungunya ,[SDV.MP.VIR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Chikungunya Virus ,biology ,virus diseases ,Eukaryota ,3. Good health ,Insects ,Infectious Diseases ,Medical Microbiology ,Arboviral Infections ,Viral Pathogens ,Viruses ,[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Female ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,Pathogens ,West Nile virus ,Research Article ,Neglected Tropical Diseases ,Asia ,Arthropoda ,Alphaviruses ,030231 tropical medicine ,Microbiology ,Virus ,Togaviruses ,03 medical and health sciences ,Culex pipiens ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,Microbial Pathogens ,Flaviviruses ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Chikungunya Infection ,Dengue Virus ,biology.organism_classification ,Tropical Diseases ,Virology ,Invertebrates ,Insect Vectors ,Species Interactions ,030104 developmental biology ,Culicidae ,People and Places ,Anopheles maculipennis ,Arboviruses - Abstract
Mosquitoes are vectors of viruses affecting animal and human health. In Iran, the prevalence of mosquito-borne viruses remains poorly investigated. Once infected, mosquito females remain infected for all their life making virus detections possible at early steps before infections are reported in vertebrate hosts. In this study, we used a recently developed high-throughput chip based on the BioMark Dynamic arrays system capable of detecting 37 arboviruses in a single experiment. A total of 1,212 mosquitoes collected in Mazandaran, North-Khorasan, and Fars provinces of Iran were analyzed. Eighteen species were identified, belonging to five genera; the most prevalent species were Anopheles maculipennis s.l. (42.41%), Culex pipiens (19.39%), An. superpictus (11.72%), and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (10.64%). We detected chikungunya virus (CHIKV) of the Asian genotype in six mosquito pools collected in North Khorasan and Mazandaran provinces. To our knowledge, this is the first report of mosquitoes infected with CHIKV in Iran. Our high-throughput screening method can be proposed as a novel epidemiological surveillance tool to identify circulating arboviruses and to support preparedness to an epidemic in animals and humans., Author summary Mosquito-borne viruses pose a serious threat to public health worldwide. For an efficient preparedness to future emergences, an early detection of arboviruses in vector populations would be wise before animal/human cases arise. Here, we used a recently developed high-throughput chip based on the BioMark Dynamic arrays system, capable of screening various arboviruses in a single experiment. By examining 1,212 mosquitoes collected in Iran, we provide evidence that chikungunya virus is circulating in Iran.
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- 2020
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