What does not kill them makes them stronger: larval environment and infectious dose alter mosquito potential to transmit filarial worms.

摘要: For organisms with complex life cycles, larval environments can modify adult phenotypes. mosquitoes and other vectors, when physiological impacts of stressors acting on larvae carry over into the stage they may interact infectious dose a vector-borne pathogen, producing range phenotypes for vector potential. Investigation common source stress, crowding intraspecific competition, interactions pathogens increase our understanding dynamics pathogen transmission by mosquito vectors. Using Aedes aegypti nematode parasite Brugia pahangi, we demonstrate dependency fitness effects B. pahangi infection mosquito, as well between competitive stress among resulting adults that affect functional ability to act Contrary results from studies mosquito–arbovirus interactions, suggest crowded limit better than do uncrowded controls, high-quality are more physiologically functionally capable vectors pahangi. Our provide another example how environment have profound potential adults.