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Biology of two larval morphological phenotypes of Aedes aegypti in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

N. Guindo-Coulibaly ,
N.R. Diakite ,
A.M. Adja ,
J.T. Coulibaly ,
K.F. Bassa ,
Y.L. Konan  and
K.E. N'Goran
N. Guindo-Coulibaly*
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
N.R. Diakite
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
A.M. Adja
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire Institut Pierre Richet/Institut National de Santé Publique, 01 BP 1500 Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
J.T. Coulibaly
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
K.F. Bassa
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
Y.L. Konan
Affiliation:
Service Lutte Antivectorielle, Institut National d’Hygiène Publique, BP V 14, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
K.E. N'Goran
Affiliation:
Unité de Formation et de Recherches Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
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*Author for correspondence Phone: 00225 07 88 64 91 E-mail: coulnegno1@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

Since 2008, several outbreaks of yellow fever and dengue occurred in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. A better knowledge of the biology of Aedes aegypti populations, the main vector of yellow fever and dengue viruses, is necessary to tailor vector control strategies implemented in the city. This study was designed to determine some biological parameters, occurring during the life cycle of two morphological phenotypes of Ae. aegypti larvae. Mosquitoes were sampled in a suburb of Abidjan (Treichville) using the WHO layer-traps technique. Biological parameters were studied in laboratory under standard conditions of temperature (27°C ± 2°C) and relative humidity (80% ± 10%). Our results indicated that the mean eggs laid by females from ‘brown larvae’ (BL) (85.95, 95% confidence interval (CI 95%) 78.87–93.02) was higher than those from ‘white larvae’ (WL) (64.40%, CI 95% 55.27–73.54). The gonotrophic cycle was 3 and 4 days in females from BL and WL, respectively. The overall yield of breeding mosquitoes from BL (63.88%, CI 95% 62.61–65.14) was higher compared with those of mosquitoes from WL (59.73%, CI 95% 58.35–61.12). The sex ratio (male/female) was 0.95 and 1.68 in Ae. aegypti populations from BL and WL, respectively. Females from BL lived slightly longer than those from WL (t = −2.332; P = 0.021). This study shows that Ae. Aegypti populations from BL and WL present different biological parameters during their life cycle. This could have an implication on their ability to transmit human disease viruses such as dengue and yellow fever. Further molecular studies are needed to determine genetic divergence between these Ae. aegypti populations.

Keywords

Aedes aegyptibrown larvaewhite larvaebiologyAbidjanCôte d'Ivoire
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 108 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 540 - 546
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