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Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), a potential new Dengue vector in southern Cameroon
1Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroon. didier.fontenille@mpl.ird.fr
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|December 19, 2001
Abstract:
Aedes albopictus, a mosquito vector of Dengue virus, has been recorded for the first time in Cameroon. Entomologic surveys in 2000 demonstrated that it is widespread in southern Cameroon, colonizing a wide variety of breeding sites and biting humans in every district surveyed. The presence of this vector increases the risk for emergence of dengue in Cameroon.