Table 6. Twelve studies from Africa and Asia between 1956 and 2011 that sampled mosquitos for ZIKV.
Studies were conducted as prevalence surveys or part of entomological surveillance for arboviruses.
| Ref | Country | Date / place of sampling | ZIKV positive mosquito species | Positive/N | Other epidemiological information | Other mosquito species tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||||||
| [94] | Burkina Faso | 1984/09–1984/11: area not specified | Ae. furcifer, Ae. luteocephalus, Ae. opok | 9/ 1853 pools | Based on entomological arbovirus surveillance 1983–1986. | Ae. aegypti, Cx. poicilipes, Ae.metallicus, Ae. cumminsi, Anopheles gambiae, An. nili |
| [92] | Côte d’Ivoire | 1999: area not specified | Ae. vittatus, Ae. furcifer, Ae. aegypti. | 3/159 pools | ||
| [83] | Gabon | 2007: Libreville suburbs | Ae. albopictus | 2/247 pools | First isolation of ZIKV in Gabon in 2007 during a simultaneous outbreak of Chikungunya and Dengue. | Ae. aegypti, Cx quinquefasciatus, Ae. simpsoni complex, An. gambiae, M. africana, M. uniformis, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Eretmapodites quinquevittatus |
| [95] | Nigeria | 1969: Jos Plateau | Ae. luteocephalus | 2/205 pools | Ae. aegypti, Ae. africanus, Ae. vittatus, Ae. simpsoni | |
| [91] | Senegal | 2011/06–2011/12: Kedougou area | Ae. luteocephalus (5 pools), Ae. africanus (5), Ae. vittatus (3), Ae. taylori (2), Ae. dalzielii (2), Ae. hirsutus (2) and Ae. metallicus (2), Ae. aegypti (1), Ae. unilineatus (1), M. uniformis (1), Cx. perfuscus (1), An. coustani (1) | 31/1700 pools | Thirty-one ZIKV infected pools: June (9.7%), September (32.2%), October (35.5%), November (19.3%) and December (3.2%) | An. coustani, Ae. andoustani, Ae. furcifer |
| [93] | Senegal | 1990: Senegal | Ae. aegypti, Ae. dalzielii, Ae. luteocephalus | 3/151 pools | Ae. taylor, Ae. unilineatus, Ae. cozi, Ae. neoafricanus, Ae. opok, Ae. cumminsii, Ae. argentepunctatus, Ae. furcifer, Ae. vittatus | |
| [86] | Senegal | 1988: Southern Senegal | Ae. furcifer (25/62 pools), Ae. aegypti, Ae. dalzielii, Ae. taylori, Ae. neoafricanus, Ae. fowleri, Ae. minutus | 27/435 pools | ZIKV seemed to have an epizootic annual cycle. In 16 ZIKV positive pools, dengue-2 was also isolated. | |
| 1989: Southern Senegal | 29/654 pools | |||||
| 1990: Southern Senegal | 3/497 pools | |||||
| 1991: Southern Senegal | 3/1264 pools | |||||
| [99] | Senegal | 1972: area not specified | Ae. dalzielii, Ae. furcifer, Ae. luteocephalus, Ae. vittatus, Ae. taylori, M. uniformis | 2/204 | 130,000 mosquitos from 69 different species were examined 1972–77. | |
| 1973: area not specified | 16/798 | |||||
| 1976: area not specified | 19/599 pools | |||||
| [38] | Uganda | 1956/05–1956/08: Lunya forest | Ae. africanus | 2/11 pools | 11 pools = 1355 mosquitos | |
| [98] | Uganda | 1961/11–1963/06: Zika forest | Ae. africanus | 13/688 pools | Positive pools occurred 1962/05-1962/09 and 1962/11. | M. aurites, C. centurionis, C. funebris, C. annulioris, A. ingrami |
| [97] | Uganda | 1969–1970: Zika Forest | Ae. africanus (14 isolates), Ae. apicoargenteus (1) | 15/105 pools | No ZIKV isolation for 6 years and 73 days (since 1962/11): 8 isolations 1969/04–1969/06 and a 192 day lapse before 7 isolations 1970/04–1970/08. | |
| Asia | ||||||
| [87] | Malaysia | 1966: Bentong | Ae. aegypti | 1/296 pools | (pools- mosquitos) Ae. aegypti (58–1,277), Ae. albopictus (59–4492), 23 other Aedes species (179–27636) |