The effects of exposure to pyriproxyfen and predation on Zika virus infection and transmission in Aedes aegypti.

ABSTRACT: Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen that can cause global public health threats. In the absence of effective antiviral medications, prevention measures rely largely on reducing the number of adult mosquito vectors by targeting juvenile stages. Despite the importance of juvenile mosquito control measures in reducing adult population size, a full understanding of the effects of these measures in determining mosquito phenotypic traits and in mosquito-arbovirus interactions is poorly understood. Pyriproxyfen is a juvenile hormone analog that primarily blocks adult emergence, but does not cause mortality in larvae. This mechanism has the potential to work in combination with other juvenile sources of mortality in nature such as predation to affect mosquito populations. Here

SUBMITTER: Alomar AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7707533 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature