Dengue Outbreak Spread by Aedes albopictus in Tokyo Metropolis

Dengue virus was detected in multiple female mosquitoes collected from five locations within a 1.5-km radius in central Tokyo in 2014.

In 2014 an outbreak of 162 cases of autochthonous transmission of dengue virus (DENV-1) was documented in metropolitan Tokyo, the first outbreak in Japan in >60 years (NEJM JW Infect Dis Jan 2015 and Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21:517). This event prompted investigators to seek to identify the mosquito transmitting the virus so they could tailor interventions to the responsible vector. They collected >2000 female and almost 1000 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes (Asian tiger mosquitos) from six locations in Tokyo. Collections targeted large parks in central Tokyo frequently visited by travelers and local residents — places infested with Ae. albopictus. Testing separate male and female mosquito pools, they looked for viral genome and attempted vir…

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Dengue Outbreak Spread by Aedes albopictus in Tokyo Metropolis

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