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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2020

Size as a Proxy for Survival in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes.

Eileen H Jeffrey Gutiérrez, Kathleen R Walker, Kacey C Ernst, Michael A Riehle, Goggy Davidowitz

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Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eileen H Jeffrey GutiérrezDepartment of Entomology, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ.
Kathleen R WalkerDepartment of Entomology, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ.
Kacey C ErnstDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Tucson, AZ.
Michael A RiehleDepartment of Entomology, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ.
Goggy DavidowitzDepartment of Entomology, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

On the Edge: Dengue and ClimateR01AI091843 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI ERNST, KACEY C · 2012 to 2015
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the primary vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Infection with the dengue virus alone occurs in an estimated 400 million people each year. Likelihood of infection with a virus transmitted by Ae. aegypti is most commonly attributed to abundance of the mosquito. However, the Arizona-Sonora desert region has abundant Ae. aegypti in most urban areas, yet local transmission of these arboviruses has not been reported in many of these cities. Previous work examined the role of differential Ae. aegypti longevity as a potential explanation for these discrepancies in transmission. To determine factors that were associated with Ae. aegypti longevity in the region, we collected eggs from ovitraps in Tucson, AZ and reared them under multiple experimental conditions in the laboratory to examine the relative impact of temperature and crowding during development, body size, fecundity, and relative humidity during the adult stage. Of the variables studied, we found that the combination of temperature during development, relative humidity, and body size produced the best model to explain variation in age at death. El mosquito Aedes aegypti es el vector primario de los virus de dengue, fiebre amarilla, chikungunya y Zika. Solamente las infecciones con los virus de dengue ocurren en aproximadamente 400 millones de personas cada año. La probabilidad de infección con un virus transmitido por Ae. aegypti es frecuentemente atribuido a la abundancia del mosquito. No obstante, la región del desierto de Arizona-Sonora tiene una abundancia de Ae. aegypti en la mayoría de las áreas urbanas, pero la transmisión local de estos arbovirus no ha sido reportada en muchas de estas ciudades. Trabajos previos han examinado el rol de las diferencias de longevidad en Ae. aegypti como explicación potencial por estas discrepancias en la transmisión. Para determinar que factores fueron asociados con longevidad en Ae. aegypti en la región, colectamos huevos de ovitrampas en Tucson, Arizona y los criamos debajo de múltiples condiciones experimentales en el laboratorio para examinar el impacto relativo de temperatura y competencia para nutrición durante desarrollo, tamaño del cuerpo, capacidad reproductiva, y humedad relativa durante adultez. De las variables estudiados, encontramos que la combinación de temperatura durante desarrollo, humedad relativa, y tamaño del cuerpo produjo el mejor modelo para explicar variación en edad al tiempo de la muerte.

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Body SizeLongevityAedesAnimalsArizonaFemaleMosquito VectorsAedes aegyptibody sizelongevity

Identifiers

PMID32266939
PMCPMC7768678
OpenAlexW3014628124

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