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Home / Publicações / Immune reactivity to dengue and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the population from Macao, China, before dengue occurrence.

Immune reactivity to dengue and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the population from Macao, China, before dengue occurrence.

  • Autores: Almeida AP, De Carvalho IL, Rocha DK
  • Ano de Publicação: 2011
  • Journal: In vivo
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Immune+reactivity+to+dengue+and+Aedes+albopictus+mosquitoes+in+the+population+from+Macao%2C+China%2C+before+dengue+occurrence

A serological survey was conducted in Macao, China, in 753 individuals, with the objective of looking for antibodies to the mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae), and to dengue, before the occurrence of any autochthonous dengue cases. Blood samples were collected at several public health services, a questionnaire was answered, and enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and Western blot techniques were performed with extracts of mosquito head and thorax (HT). Anti-Aedes albopictus IgG antibodies were present in titres 1:10(2)-1:10(3) in 9%, and in titres 1:10(4)-1:10(5) in 42% of the sera tested. This reactivity was more frequent (59%) in the population which had resided only in Macao in the 2 years previous to the survey, as opposed to those that had also resided in other areas (50%). From the 230 reactive sera selected for immunoblot, 48 (21%) reacted with a wide range of proteins from above 224 kDa to 21 kDa, with different patterns according to individual sera. Proteins in the intervals 35.3-28.7 kDa and 28.7-21.1 kDa were labelled by the greatest number of sera, 15 and 19 respectively. The presence of anti-Aedes albopictus antibodies presented a statistical relation to skin reaction to mosquito bites, but immunoblot patterns did not. Anti-dengue IgG antibodies were found in 48% of the subjects, with a higher proportion in people who had resided out of Macao, or who were nationals from dengue-endemic neighboring countries. Anti-dengue reactivity was in agreement with anti-mosquito reactivity in half of the population. It would be interesting to see if this proportion has changed since dengue became endemic in Macao in 2001.

Immune reactivity to dengue and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the population from Macao, China, before dengue occurrence.

  • Autores: Almeida AP, De Carvalho IL, Rocha DK
  • Ano de Publicação: 2011
  • Journal: In vivo
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Immune+reactivity+to+dengue+and+Aedes+albopictus+mosquitoes+in+the+population+from+Macao%2C+China%2C+before+dengue+occurrence

A serological survey was conducted in Macao, China, in 753 individuals, with the objective of looking for antibodies to the mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae), and to dengue, before the occurrence of any autochthonous dengue cases. Blood samples were collected at several public health services, a questionnaire was answered, and enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and Western blot techniques were performed with extracts of mosquito head and thorax (HT). Anti-Aedes albopictus IgG antibodies were present in titres 1:10(2)-1:10(3) in 9%, and in titres 1:10(4)-1:10(5) in 42% of the sera tested. This reactivity was more frequent (59%) in the population which had resided only in Macao in the 2 years previous to the survey, as opposed to those that had also resided in other areas (50%). From the 230 reactive sera selected for immunoblot, 48 (21%) reacted with a wide range of proteins from above 224 kDa to 21 kDa, with different patterns according to individual sera. Proteins in the intervals 35.3-28.7 kDa and 28.7-21.1 kDa were labelled by the greatest number of sera, 15 and 19 respectively. The presence of anti-Aedes albopictus antibodies presented a statistical relation to skin reaction to mosquito bites, but immunoblot patterns did not. Anti-dengue IgG antibodies were found in 48% of the subjects, with a higher proportion in people who had resided out of Macao, or who were nationals from dengue-endemic neighboring countries. Anti-dengue reactivity was in agreement with anti-mosquito reactivity in half of the population. It would be interesting to see if this proportion has changed since dengue became endemic in Macao in 2001.

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