Principal investigators
- Anna-Bella Failloux
- Huynh Thi Thuy Trang
Site project · Dengue and emerging infectious diseases
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Risk of yellow fever emergence in Southeast Asia
Project overview
A Franco-Vietnamese vector study exploring why yellow fever has not become established in Asia despite the presence of competent Aedes mosquitoes.
Objective
Assess whether a sylvatic yellow fever cycle could become established in Vietnam and investigate the potential role of Aedes albopictus in blocking viral replication and preventing transition from an urban to a sylvatic cycle.
Study design
Experimental infection of three mosquito species associated with urban, rural and forest ecosystems in northern, central and southern Vietnam. Vietnam serves as a control setting for testing the vector-based hypothesis of yellow fever’s absence from Asia.
Consortium
Project leadership and partner institutions
Partner institutions
- French and Vietnamese research teams