Blood-Feeding Patterns and Resting Behavior of Aedes aegypti from Three Health Districts of Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso

Ouédraogo, Wendegoudi M., Zanré, Nicolas, Sombié, Aboubacar, Yameogo, Felix, Gnémé, Awa, Sanon, Antoine, Costantini, Carlo, Kanuka, Hirotaka, Viana, Mafalda, Weetman, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-1388, McCall, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3985 and Badolo, Athanase (2024) 'Blood-Feeding Patterns and Resting Behavior of Aedes aegypti from Three Health Districts of Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso'. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 111, Issue 6, pp. 1295-1301.

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Abstract

Recent dengue outbreaks have occurred in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, the two major cities of Burkina Faso. Dengue is a viral disease transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti, a highly anthropophilic mosquito that thrives in human-transformed environments and breeds predominantly in artificial containers. In 2018, we investigated the resting and blood-feeding habits of Ae. aegypti in urban settings of Ouagadougou. In a 3-month cross-sectional study starting in August 2018, indoors and outdoors resting adult mosquitoes were collected using Prokopack aspirators in three health districts (HD). All mosquitoes were morphologically identified, and DNA was extracted from blood-fed Ae. aegypti females. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction with specific primers was used to identify the origin of the blood meal. A total of 4,256 adult Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, including 1,908 females, were collected. A preference for exophily was recorded in Bogodogo and Nongremassom, although an unexpectedly higher proportion of blood-fed females were found indoors than outdoors. Respectively, 96.09%, 91.03%, and 95.54% of the blood meals successfully analyzed in Baskuy, Bogodogo, and Nongremassom were from a single human host, with the remainder from domestic mammals as single or multiple hosts. Modeling total Ae. aegypti and blood-fed female counts showed that among other predictors, human density, outdoor environment, and house type affect their total densities. Our study revealed an exophilic tendency as well as a pronounced anthropophilic preference of Ae. aegypti adults, critical findings to consider when planning accurate entomological surveillance and effective interventions against Ae. aegypti in urban settings.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > QX 20 Research (General) QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 525 Aedes
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0240
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2024 14:37
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 15:19
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/25504

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