Mosquito vectors of yellow fever virus in areas of epidemiological risk in northeastern Argentina

Arturo A. Lizuain; Evangelina Muttis; Marina Leporace; María E. Cano; Soraya Acardi; Francisco Sánchez Gavier; Mahia M. Ayala; Melina V. Brividoro; Gerardo A. Marti; María V. Micieli; Mariana Manteca-Acosta

doi:10.25260/EA.24.34.2.0.2254

Authors

Arturo A. Lizuain Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemoepidemias (CeNDIE). Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos para la Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán" (ANLIS-Malbrán). Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evangelina Muttis Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
Marina Leporace Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Fundación H. A. Barceló, Laboratorio de Control de Vectores Entomológicos de Importancia Sanitaria (LaCVEIS). Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Argentina
María E. Cano Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
Soraya Acardi Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Fundación H. A. Barceló, Laboratorio de Control de Vectores Entomológicos de Importancia Sanitaria (LaCVEIS). Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Argentina
Francisco Sánchez Gavier Estación Biológica Corrientes (EBCO), Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL), CONICET. San Cayetano, Corrientes, Argentina
Mahia M. Ayala Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
Melina V. Brividoro Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
Gerardo A. Marti Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
María V. Micieli Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina
Mariana Manteca-Acosta Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemoepidemias (CeNDIE). Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos para la Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán" (ANLIS-Malbrán). Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.24.34.2.0.2254

Keywords:

arbovirus, Aedes albopictus, Haemagogus leucocelaenus, Sabethes albiprivus

Abstract

Due to several epizootic events between 2020 and 2021 in the south of Brazil near the border with Argentina, we performed mosquito surveys in areas of epidemiological risk in northeast Argentina to evaluate abundance and distributions of mosquito vectors from the yellow fever virus (YFV) (Diptera: Culicidae). For the most abundant species, the number of individuals captured per collector was evaluated based on the capturing time range. With a total sampling effort of 191 collector-hours, we captured 676 mosquitoes belonging to 6 genera and 16 species. The most abundant species were Aedes (Ochlerotatus) scapularis (Rondani) (33.58%), Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivus Theobald (20.27%), Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (17.75%) and Haemagogus (Conopostegus) leucocelaenus (Dyar and Shannon) (15.86%). Sabethes albiprivus and Ae. albopictus showed activity peaks at noon and morning, respectively, while other species showed no important time differences between 10:00AM and 15:00PM. Our results show that the most abundant mosquito species in those environments with epidemiological risk in northern Corrientes and southern Misiones are categorized as important in the transmission of the YFV. Moreover, we report an expansion of Ae. albopictus distribution and the first record of Aedes (Ochlerotatus) patersoni Shannon and Del Ponte in Corrientes and Misiones provinces.

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