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Using body size as an indicator for age structure in field populations of Aedesaegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

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PARASITES & VECTORS
卷 15, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05605-z

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Aedesaegypti; Dengue; Survival; Age; Surveillance; Vectors; Body size

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  1. More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (NSF)
  2. University of Arizona Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Sciences
  3. National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH-NIAID) [R01A1091843]
  4. DRIIHM, French program Investissements d'Avenir [ANR-11-LABX-0010]
  5. NSF [IOS-1053318]

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This study examines the utility of using body size as an entomological index to monitor the age structure of Aedesaegypti mosquitoes. The results show that body size itself is not significantly associated with age, but temperature, body size, female abundance, and relative humidity have a significant impact on age. Additionally, the study finds that age variation is greater within cities than between cities.
Background: The Aedesaegypti mosquito is a vector of several viruses including dengue, chikungunya, zika, and yellow fever. Vector surveillance and control are the primary methods used for the control and prevention of disease transmission; however, public health institutions largely rely on measures of population abundance as a trigger for initiating control activities. Previous research found evidence that at the northern edge of Ae.aegypti's geographic range, survival, rather than abundance, is likely to be the factor limiting disease transmission. In this study, we sought to test the utility of using body size as an entomological index to surveil changes in the age structure of field-collected female Aedesaegypti. Methods: We collected female Ae.aegypti mosquitoes using BG sentinel traps in three cities at the northern edge of their geographic range. Collections took place during their active season over the course of 3 years. Female wing size was measured as an estimate of body size, and reproductive status was characterized by examining ovary tracheation. Chronological age was determined by measuring transcript abundance of an age-dependent gene. These data were then tested with female abundance at each site and weather data from the estimated larval development period and adulthood (1 week prior to capture). Two sources of weather data were tested to determine which was more appropriate for evaluating impacts on mosquito physiology. All variables were then used to parameterize structural equation models to predict age. Results: In comparing city-specific NOAA weather data and site-specific data from HOBO remote temperature and humidity loggers, we found that HOBO data were more tightly associated with body size. This information is useful for justifying the cost of more precise weather monitoring when studying intra-population heterogeneity of eco-physiological factors. We found that body size itself was not significantly associated with age. Of all the variables measured, we found that best fitting model for age included temperature during development, body size, female abundance, and relative humidity in the 1 week prior to capture . The strength of models improved drastically when testing one city at a time, with Hermosillo (the only study city with seasonal dengue transmission) having the best fitting model for age. Despite our finding that there was a bias in the body size of mosquitoes collected alive from the BG sentinel traps that favored large females, there was still sufficient variation in the size of females collected alive to show that inclusion of this entomological indicator improved the predictive capacity of our models. Conclusions: Inclusion of body size data increased the strength of weather-based models for age. Importantly, we found that variation in age was greater within cities than between cities, suggesting that modeling of age must be made on a city-by-city basis. These results contribute to efforts to use weather forecasts to predict changes in the probability of disease transmission by mosquito vectors.

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