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. 2007 Dec;21(4):370-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00699.x.

Investigations of dengue-2 susceptibility and body size among Aedes aegypti populations

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Investigations of dengue-2 susceptibility and body size among Aedes aegypti populations

J R Schneider et al. Med Vet Entomol. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

The mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is the primary global vector for dengue virus (DENV), yet considerable genetic variation exists among populations in terms of its competence to vector DENV. Variability in adult body size has also been observed among various mosquito populations and several studies have reported a relationship between body size and arbovirus dissemination, although most of these relied on artificially derived variation in body size. Here we examine the relationship between body size and disseminated DENV infection among 10 Ae. aegypti populations reared under optimum laboratory conditions. Body size variability was inferred from wing length measurements and DENV competence was evaluated as the proportion of individuals with disseminated infections following exposure to the dengue-2 JAM1409 strain. There were significant differences in mean wing lengths among populations (anova, F(9,22)= 7.10, P < 0.0001), ranging from 2.16 mm (Bangkok population) to 2.79 mm (MOYO-S [susceptible] population). We also observed significant differences among some populations in mean DENV infection rates (Waller-Duncan K-ratio t-test), ranging from 19.54% (MOYO-R [refractory] population) to 56.60% (MOYO-S population). However, we did not observe evidence for significant interactions between body size and DENV dissemination. We suggest that either the two traits are genetically independent or that our ability to detect interactions between them was limited by their respective inheritances as quantitative traits.

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