Transstadial Effects of Bti on Traits of Aedes aegypti and Infection with Dengue Virus.

ABSTRACT: Most mosquito control efforts are primarily focused on reducing the adult population size mediated by reductions in the larval population, which should lower risk of disease transmission. Although the aim of larviciding is to reduce larval abundance and thus recruitment of adults, nonlethal effects on adults are possible, including transstadial effects on phenotypes of adults such as survival and pathogen infection and transmission. In addition, the mortality induced by control efforts may act in conjunction with other sources of mosquito mortality in nature. The consequences of these effects and interactions may alter the potential of the population to transmit pathogens. We tested experimentally the combined effects of a larvicide (Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis, Bti) and compet

SUBMITTER: Alto BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752348 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature