Stable and fluctuating temperature effects on the development rate and survival of two malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the biology of malaria vector mosquitoes is crucial to understanding many aspects of the disease, including control and future outcomes. The development rates and survival of two Afrotropical malaria vectors, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, are investigated here under conditions of constant and fluctuating temperatures. These data can provide a good starting point for modelling population level consequences of temperature change associated with climate change. For comparative purposes, these data were considered explicitly in the context of those available for the third African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae.

Methods

Twenty five replicates of 20-30 eggs were placed at nine constant and two fluctuating temperatures for development rate

SUBMITTER: Lyons CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3637585 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature