Towards the invasion of wild and rural forested areas in Gabon (Central Africa) by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: potential risks from the One Health perspective
Citation
Obame-Nkoghe J, Roiz D, Nguangue M, Costantini C, Rahola N, Jiolle D, Lehmann D, Makaga L, Ayala D, Kengne P, Paupy C (2023). Towards the invasion of wild and rural forested areas in Gabon (Central Africa) by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: potential risks from the One Health perspective. Version 1.2. University of Science and Technology of Masuku. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9nah25 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
Since its first record in urban areas of Central Africa in the 2000s, the anthropophilic and invasive mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has continued to spread across remote rural areas and has promoted outbreaks of Aedes-borne diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Such invasion might enhance Ae. albopictus interactions with wild animals in forests neighboring villages and favor the spillover of zoonotic arboviruses to humans. In this study, we reported the sustained spread of the Ae. albopictus in the wildlife reserve of La Lopé National Park (LNP, Gabon), and we evaluated the magnitude of its colonization of this rainforest ecosystem. Using various sampling methods between 2014 and 2018, we detected Ae. albopictus presence in wild forest galleries up to 15km away from La Lopé, the main inhabited village within the park limits. We demonstrated that Ae. albopictus can invade forest ecosystems where the human presence is low or absent, suggesting that Ae. albopictus may interact with wild animals and act as bridge vector of zoonotic pathogens between the wild and anthropogenic compartments. However, our results showed that Ae. albopictus population density is higher at interfaces between the village and the forest. This suggests that this species might be present at the interface between anthropized and wild environments where the probability of contact with wild animals is increased, and consequently the likelihood of contributing to sylvatic and bridge transmission of pathogens. Our results also suggested that the presence or humans facilitates the colonization of natural forested habitat by this invasive species.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study was conducted in the Lope National Park, Gabon.Sampling
Mosquitoes were collected using ovitraps in forest interfaces.Method steps
- - Localization of sampling sites - Mosquito sampling using ovitraps in each subsites (WCS, Station_1 and Station_2) during 10 consecutive days - Egg counting and mosquito rearing - Adult identification and reporting
Taxonomic Coverages
Family of Culicidae
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Aedes albopictusrank: species
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Aedes africanusrank: species
Geographic Coverages
Gabon
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Judicaël Obame-Nkogheoriginator
position: Assistant Professor
USTM
David Roiz
originator
position: Research Fellow
IRD
Marc-Flaubert Nguangue
originator
position: Research Assistant
CIRMF
Carlo Costantini
originator
position: Research Director
IRD
Nil Rahola
originator
position: Research Technician
IRD
Davy Jiolle
originator
position: Research Ingeneer
IRD
David Lehmann
originator
position: Research Fellow
ANPN
Loïc Makaga
originator
position: Conservator
ANPN
Diego Ayala
originator
position: Research Fellow
IRD
Pierre Kengne
originator
position: Research Fellow
IRD
Christophe Paupy
originator
position: Research Director
IRD
Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe
metadata author
position: Assistant Professor
USTM
email: judicael.obame@live.fr
Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe
publisher
position: Assistant Professor
USTM
email: judicael.obame@live.fr
Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Professor
USTM
email: judicael.obame@live.fr
homepage: https://albodrive-project.net
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