Table 1.
Evidence for Aedes aegypti vectors, arbovirus transmission, and over-diagnosis of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa.
| Location | Evidence | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya (western) | Dengue infection in children | (33) |
| Kenya (coastal) | Dengue and West Nile virus transmission in children and adults | (63) |
| Kenya | Acute flavivirus and alphavirus infection in children | (35) |
| Kenya | Serological evidence of arboviral infection in children | (51) |
| Kenya (coastal) | O’nyong Nyong virus and chikungunya virus transmission | (52) |
| Kenya (western) | O’nyong Nyong virus and chikungunya virus transmission | (64) |
| Kenya | Chikungunya infection in febrile children | (53) |
| Kenya (Mombasa) | Chikungunya outbreak | (54) |
| Kenya | Aedes aegypti breeding sites in rural and urban, coastal and western locations | (43) |
| Tanzania | Severe febrile illness and overdiagnosis of malaria | (49) |
| Tanzania | Rift Valley Fever and alphavirus seroepidemiology | (12) |
| Uganda (rural) | Febrile patients and overdiagnosis of malaria | (48) |
| Uganda (Zika Forest) | Arbovirus serology in endemic population | (61) |
| East African Community Region | Arbovirus infection | (11) |
| Cameroon | Flavivirus seroepidemiology | (12) |
| Cameroon | Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus present | (65) |
| Cameroon | Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus present | (66) |
| Central African Republic | Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus present | (67) |
| Mozambique | Dengue, chikungunya, Rift Valley fever, West Nile, and Zika virus seroepidemiology | (12) |
| Cote d’Ivoire (southeast) | Aedes mosquitoes present in an arbovirus-endemic setting | (42) |
| Sierra Leone | Rift Valley Fever virus, flaviviruses, and alphaviruses | (68) |
| West Africa | Expansion of DENV-3 | (60) |
| West Africa | Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika outbreaks and Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus presence | (13) |
| Africa | Dengue virus infection | (59) |
| Africa | Overdiagnosis and co-morbidity of severe malaria | (50) |