Spondweni Virus in Field-Caught Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes, Haiti, 2016

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Sep;24(9):1765-1767. doi: 10.3201/eid2409.171957.

Abstract

Spondweni virus (SPONV) and Zika virus cause similar diseases in humans. We detected SPONV outside of Africa from a pool of Culex mosquitoes collected in Haiti in 2016. This finding raises questions about the role of SPONV as a human pathogen in Haiti and other Caribbean countries.

Keywords: Culex quinquefasciatus; Haiti; Spondweni virus; Zika virus; flaviviruses; mosquitoes; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Culex / virology*
  • Flavivirus / isolation & purification*
  • Flavivirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Flavivirus Infections / transmission*
  • Haiti
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / virology*