Detection of Chikungunya Virus Circulation Using Sugar-Baited Traps during a Major Outbreak in French Guiana

Romain Girod; Amandine Guidez; Romuald Carinci; Jean Issaly; Pascal Gaborit; Emma Ferrero; Vanessa Ardillon; Albin Fontaine; Isabelle Dusfour; Sébastien Briolant

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004876

Detection of Chikungunya Virus Circulation Using Sugar-Baited Traps during a Major Outbreak in French Guiana

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Sep 8;10(9):e0004876. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004876. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Romain Girod¹, Amandine Guidez¹, Romuald Carinci¹, Jean Issaly¹, Pascal Gaborit¹, Emma Ferrero¹, Vanessa Ardillon², Albin Fontaine^{3

4

5}, Isabelle Dusfour¹, Sébastien Briolant^{1

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
² Cellule de l'Institut de Veille Sanitaire en Région Antilles-Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
³ Groupe Interactions Virus-Insectes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ Equipe Résidente de Recherche d'Infectiologie Tropicale, Division Expertise, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
⁵ Unité de Recherche Associée 3012, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
⁶ Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
⁷ Direction Interarmées du Service de Santé en Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aedes / virology*
Animals
Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology*
Chikungunya Fever / transmission
Chikungunya Fever / virology
Chikungunya virus / genetics
Chikungunya virus / isolation & purification*
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
French Guiana / epidemiology
Honey
Humans
Insect Vectors / virology*
Mosquito Control
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification

Substances

RNA, Viral

Grants and funding

Financial support was made available by Regional Health Agency in French Guiana (Conventions n° FIR/ARS/2014/91 and n°FIR/ARS/2015/68) and the French Ministry in charge of Health (Convention pluri-annuelle 2010–2013). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.