Hafsia, Sarah
Gomard, Yann
De Graaf, Clément
Baudino, Fiona
Alout, Haoues
Lebon, Cyrille
Rabarison, Patrick
Idaroussi, Ambdoul-bar
Yssouf, Amina
Julienne, Simon
Wilkinson, David A.
Atyame, Célestine
Mavingui, Patrick
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) PO INTERREG through the VECTOBIOMES project (RE0009962)
Article History
Received: 30 July 2025
Accepted: 28 November 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: Authorizations to import mosquitoes into Reunion Island were provided by the DAAF of Reunion Island under the following nos.: FR/974/19/012, FR/974/19/013, and FR/974/19/014 for samples from Mayotte, Seychelles, and Union of the Comoros, respectively. In Seychelles, the research was approved by the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS) under the Research Approval Letter A0175. For experimental infections, the blood was obtained from rabbits housed in the animal facility of Cyclotron Reunion Océan Indien (CYROI) on Reunion Island. Experimental procedures were conducted in the BSL3 facility PLATIN-OI (Plateau Infectiologie Océan Indien) and performed in accordance with the European Council Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, as approved by Ethic Committee of Reunion Island and registered under reference no. APAFIS #16365–2018020611417370 v4.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.