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. 2018 Dec 25;11(1):11. doi: 10.3390/v11010011

Table 1.

Emergence and distribution of the mosquito-borne viruses in the islands of the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Caribbean area.

Area Archipelago Island Date Virus Family Genus Origin Ref. Comments/
ProMED ref.
Indian Ocean Seychelles Seychelles 1977–1978 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [25,165] Genbank: L10048
1979 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [38] Neutralizing antibodies, first report in the Indian Ocean
1979 SINV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [38] Neutralizing antibodies, first report in the Indian Ocean
2016 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [28] Recent introduction from China
Comoros Grande Comore 1948 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [166] Probably DENV-1
1984 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [166]
1993 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [166]
2005-2006 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [167]
2007 RFV Phenuiviridae Phlebovirus Human [37] First case in Indian Ocean Islands
Mayotte 1943 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [24] Unknown serotype
2004 RVF Phenuiviridae Phlebovirus Livestock [36] Sporadic cases in livestock
1993 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [168] Probably DENV-1
2005–2006 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [169] Unknown serotype
2005–2006 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [170]
2007-2008 RFV Phenuiviridae Phlebovirus Human [36] First autochthonous case
2010 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [23,171]
Islands of Mascarene La Réunion 1978 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [25,26]
2004 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [27]
2005 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [39,40] Introduced from Lamu 2004
2010 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [171]
Mauritius 1978–1979 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [29,30]
2005 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [172]
Maldives Islands Island not specified 1979 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [173] Unknown serotype
Island not specified 2004–2005 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [31,174] Unknown serotype
Malé 2006 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [175] Malé and other islands of the Maldives
Malé 2011 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [32,173] Largest epidemic, Malé and other islands of the Maldives
Dhiffushi 2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [176]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Island not specified 1988 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 1988 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 1988 JEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 1988 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 1988 KFD Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 1988 LGTV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [33] Serological survey
Island not specified 2009–2010 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [34]
Island not specified 2013 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [35]
Pacific Polynesia American Samoa 1972 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [52]
1975 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [52]
1979 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human, rat, dog, pig, chicken [177]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Huaan [20,41]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [178]
Cook Islands 1980 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human, pig, dogs, cattle, mosquitoes [179]
2014 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [151]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140328.2365267
French Polynesia 1967 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [180] Tahiti
1971 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [181] Tahiti
1975 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
1979 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
2013 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [151,183]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [20,41] CHIKV imported into French Polynesia from a traveller returning from Guadeloupe
Hawaii 1912 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [184] Undetermined serotype
2001 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [43] Traveler returning from French Polynesia
2004–2005 JEV, SLEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Resident and migratory birds [185]
2015 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [186,187] Undetermined serotype
Samoa 2014 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [183]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [41]
Tokelau 2014 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [183]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [41]
Tonga 1974 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [188]
1975 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [41]
2014 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [183]
Tuvalu 1974 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
Wallis and Fatuna Island 1975 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [189]
1976 DENV-1
DENV-4
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Mosquitoes [190]
Easter Island 2014 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [191]
Niue 1972 DENV-2 Flavivirida Flavivirus Human [192] DHF
Micronesia Marshall Islands 1974 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [193]
Nauru 1974 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
Palau 1995 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [194]
2000 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [42]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [195] Locally acquired
Kiribati 1974 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [195]
Yap Island 1995 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [196]
2004 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [197]
2007 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [15]
2013 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [198]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140114.2171369
Melanesia Fiji 1943–1944 DENV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [199] First report but unknown serotype
1959–1960 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [199]
1959–1960 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [199]
1959–1960 JEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human, fowls [199]
1979 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [46]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140328.2365267
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [193]
New Caledonia 1971 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [200]
1975 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Mosquitoes [189]
1975 DENV-1
DENV-4
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [201]
1979–1980 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [202]
1989 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [203]
2011 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [204] GenBank: HE806461
2013 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [151] Imported French Polynesia
Vanuatu 1975 DENV-1
DENV-4
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Mosquitoes [182]
1975 RRV Togaviridae Alphavirus Mosquitoes [189]
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human ProMED http://www.promedmail.org/post/20150501.3334549
Solomon Islands 1982 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [182]
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [193]
2016 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [44]
Papua New Guinea 1956–1957 MVE Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [205] Serological survey
1963 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [206]
1963 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [206]
1971 SINV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [207]
1989 JEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [208]
2012 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [20]
2012 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [209]
2016 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [44]
Caribbean Lucayan Turks and Caicos Islands 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
The Bahamas 2003 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [77] Second case in the Caribbean
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Greater Antilles Cayman Islands 2001 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [77] First Case of WNV in the Caribbean (August 2001)
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20011016.2538
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Cuba 1969 EEEV Togaviridae Alphavirus Field [62]
1981 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [211] This case occurred four years after DENV-1 had been introduced. First case of Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in the Americas
2012 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [212] DHF
2004 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Migratory birds [77]
2005 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human, horses [77]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Dominican Republic 2002 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Horses, chickens and resident birds [77]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [213]
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human ProMED According to PAHO, the first case in the Caribbean emerged in November 2015. This case was reported on May 2015, may be the first Zika case outside of Brazil in the Americas.
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20150605.3412519
Haiti 1969–1971 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human, mosquitoes [214] DHF
1972 WNV, SLEV, EEEV Flaviviridae, Togaviridae Flavivirus, Alphavirus Birds and bats [215]
1994 DENV-1
DENV-4
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [216]
2013 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [217]
2014–2015 MAYV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [66]
2016 CHIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Mosquitoes [218] New ECSA subgroup
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [219]
2016 SPONV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Mosquito [220]
Jamaica 1956 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [221]
1963 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59]
1962 EEEV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [221]
1966 CVV Peribunyaviridae Orthobunyavirus Mosquitoes [222]
1960–1975 SLEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [221]
1977 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [60] First detection in the Americas, probably from Africa
2002 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Birds [77]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,140,223]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [224]
Puerto Rico 2004 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Migratory birds [77,225]
1963 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59,226] First virological confirmation of DENV in Puerto Rico
1969 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [226]
1977 DENV-1 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [226] Second case in the Caribbean
1981 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [227]
2007 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [228]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,140,223]
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [229]
Greater Antilles US Virgin Islands 1981 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [230]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140614.2539532
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
British Virgin Islands 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140114.2172714
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Anguilla 1964 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,140,223]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Antigua and Barbuda 1964 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human ProMED http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140427.243388
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saint Martin 2010–2012 DENV-1
DENV-2
DENV-4
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [231]
2013 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human ProMED First local transmission in the Western Hemisphere
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20131209.2099940
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saba 2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
St Eustatius 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140922.2794035
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saint Barthélemy 1981 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [230]
2010–2012 DENV-1
DENV-2
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [231]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140102.2148245
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1964 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140220.229088
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Montserrat 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [223]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Guadeloupe 2002 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Horses, chickens, resident birds [77]
2013 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20131227.2139145
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Windward Islands Dominica 1981 DENV-4 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [232] First detection in the Americas, probably introduced from Pacific Islands
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140118.2181292
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Martinique 1964 DENV-3 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [59]
2013 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13,223]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20131209.209994
2015 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saint Lucia 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Saint Vincent and the Gredines 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Grenada 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [233]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Barbados 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human ProMED http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140809.2674777
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Trinidad and Tobago 1953 DENV-2 Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [56] First introduction to the Americas
1954 MAYV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [65]
1955 OROV Peribunyaviridae Orthobunyavirus Mosquitoes [69]
1955–1959 BSBV, IERIV, LUKV Peribunyaviridae Orthobunyavirus Mosquitoes [70]
1957 SLEV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Birds and mosquitoes [71,72]
1962 ILHV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [74]
1965 RESV Peribunyaviridae Orthobunyavirus Mosquitoes [75]
2004 WNV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Horses and birds [77]
2006-2009 MADV Togaviridae Alphavirus horses [73]
2007 MUCV Togaviridae Alphavirus Mosquitoes, mammals [64]
2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [140]
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Leeward Antilles Aruba 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140205.2257138
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Curaçao 2014 CHIKV Togaviridae Alphavirus Human [13]
ProMED
http://www.promedmail.org/post/20140809.2674777
2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]
Bonaire 2016 ZIKV Flaviviridae Flavivirus Human [210]

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