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Adverse ffects of covert iridovirus infection on life history and demographic parameters of Aedes aegypti
Authors:Carlos F Marina  Jorge E Ibarra  Juan I Arredondo-Jiménez  Ildefonso Fernández-Salas  Pablo Liedo  & Trevor Williams
Institution:ECOSUR, Apdo. Postal 36, Tapachula 30700, Chiapas, Mexico;;Centro de Investigación de Paludismo-INSP, Apdo. Postal 537, Tapachula 30700, Chiapas, Mexico;;CINVESTAV-IPN, Apdo. Postal 629, Irapuato 36500, Guanajuato, Mexico;;Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, University Autón. Nuevo León, Apdo. Postal 109-F, Monterrey, Mexico;;Depto. de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona 31006, Spain
Abstract:Abstract Sublethal viral infections can cause changes in the body size and demography of insect vectors, with important consequences for population dynamics and the probability that individual mosquitoes will transmit disease. This study examined the effects of covert (sublethal) infection by Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 (IIV‐6) on the demography of female Aedes aegypti and the relationship between key life history parameters in covertly infected female insects compared with healthy (control) insects or non‐infected mosquitoes that had survived exposure to virus inoculum without becoming infected. Of the female mosquitoes that emerged following exposure to virus inoculum and were offered blood meals, 29% (43/150) proved positive for covert IIV‐6 infection. The net reproductive rate (R0) of covertly infected females was 50% lower for infected females compared to control mosquitoes, whereas non‐infected exposed females had an R0 approximately 15% lower than that of controls. Reproduction caused a significant decrease of about 13 days in mosquito longevity compared to females that did not reproduce (P < 0.001). Infected females lived 5–8 days less than non‐infected exposed females or controls, respectively (P = 0.028). Infected females and non‐infected exposed females both had significantly shorter wings than control insects (P < 0.001). There was a significant positive correlation between wing length and longevity in covertly infected female mosquitoes but not in control or non‐infected exposed mosquitoes. Longer lived females produced more eggs in all treatments. There were no significant correlations between body size and fecundity or the production of offspring. There was also no correlation between fecundity and fertility, suggesting that sperm inactivation was a more likely cause of decreased fertility in older mosquitoes than sperm depletion. We conclude that covert infection by iridescent virus is likely to reduce the vectorial capacity of this mosquito.
Keywords:Iridoviridae  Diptera  Culicidae  inapparent infection  sublethal effects  fecundity  fertility  longevity  body size
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