ArticleJournal of insect physiology
Bloodmeal regulation in mosquitoes curtails dehydration-induced mortality, altering vectorial capacity.
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- Hydrometeorological drivers of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) abundance in an urbanized region of central Oklahoma.Journal of medical entomology · 2026Article
- Humidity as a potential zeitgeber for circadian entrainment of insect systems.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
- The impact of sugar diet on humidity preference, survival, and host landing in mosquitoes.Journal of medical entomology · 2025Article
- Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes Exposed to a Juvenile Hormone Analog may Take a Bloodmeal While Gravid.Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology · 2025Article
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- Dehydration and tomato spotted wilt virus infection combine to alter feeding and survival parameters for the western flower thrips,Current research in insect science · 2024Article
- Tyrosine transfer RNA levels and modifications during blood-feeding and vitellogenesis in the mosquito,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Dehydration Alters Transcript Levels in the Mosquito Midgut, Likely Facilitating Rapid Rehydration following a Bloodmeal.Insects · 2023Article
- TargetingViruses · 2023Review
- Technological advances in mosquito olfaction neurogenetics.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2023Review
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Abstract
Mosquitoes readily lose water when exposed to any humidity less than that of near saturated air unless mitigated, leading to shifts in behavior, survival, distribution, and reproduction. In this study, we conducted a series of physiological experiments on two prominent species in the Culicinae subfamily: Culex pipiens, a vector of West Nile virus, and Aedes aegypti, a vector of yellow fever and Zika to examine the effects of dehydration. We exposed C. pipiens and A. aegypti to non-dehydrating conditions (saturated air), dehydrating conditions (air at a 0.89 kPa saturation vapor pressure deficit), several recovery conditions, as well as to bloodfeeding opportunities. We show that dehydrated mosquitoes increase bloodfeeding propensity, improve retention, and decrease excretion of a post-dehydration bloodmeal. In addition, mosquitoes that take a bloodmeal prior to dehydration exposure show increased survival over non-bloodfed counterparts. Dehydration-induced alterations in survival, reproduction, and bloodfeeding propensity of C. pipiens and A. aegypti resulted in marked changes to vectorial capacity. Ultimately, these results become increasingly important as drought intensifies in association with climate change and mosquitoes become more likely to experience arid periods.
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