Evidence of dengue virus transmission and a diverse Aedes mosquito virome on the Democratic Republic of Congo-Angola border
He, W.; Bobanga, T.; Piantadosi, A.; Popkin-Hall, Z. R.; Vulu, F.; Collins, M. H.; Kashamuka, M. M.; Tshefu, A. K.; Juliano, J. J.; Parr, J. B.
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Aedes mosquitoes are widely distributed across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and are major vectors of dengue (DENV), Zika, chikungunya (CHIKV), and yellow fever (YFV) viruses. While the high burden of malaria in the DRC receives considerable attention, arboviruses remain understudied. In the setting of recent CHIKV and YFV outbreaks in southwestern DRC, we collected Aedes mosquitoes in three areas of Kimpese, DRC, near the Angola border, to investigate their virome. Metagenomic and targeted sequencing of eight randomly selected field mosquito pools, comprising 155 mosquitoes from three collection sites, confirmed high-confidence DENV reads and human blood meals in six (75%) and eight (100%) pools, respectively. We find diverse mosquito viromes including other known and putative human and animal viruses. Our findings provide strong evidence of endemic DENV transmission along the DRC-Angola border and illustrate the potential of wild-caught mosquitoes for xenosurveillance of emerging pathogens.
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