Journal of Medical Entomology (2017) 54, 204-211

Kacey C. Ernst, Kathleen R. Walker, Pablo Reyes-Castro, Teresa K. Joy, A. Lucia Castro-Luque, Rolando E. Diaz-Caravantes, Mercedes Gameros, Steven Haenchen, Mary H. Hayden, Andrew Monaghan, Eileen Jeffrey-Guttierez, Yves Carrière and Michael R. Riehle (2017)
Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) longevity and differential emergence of dengue fever in two cities in Sonora, Mexico
Journal of Medical Entomology 54 (1), 204-211
Abstract: Dengue virus, primarily transmitted by the Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquito, has rapidly expanded in geographic extent over the past several decades. In some areas, however, dengue fever has not emerged despite established Ae. aegypti populations. The reasons for this are unclear and have sometimes been attributed to socio-economic differences. In 2013 we compared Ae. aegypti adult density and population age structure between two cities in Sonora, Mexico: Hermosillo, which has regular seasonal dengue virus transmission, and Nogales, which has minimal transmission. Larval and pupal abundance was greater in Nogales, and adult density was only higher in Hermosillo during September. Population age structure, however, was consistently older in Hermosillo. This difference in longevity may have been one factor that limited dengue virus transmission in Nogales in 2013, as a smaller proportion of Ae. aegypti females survived past the extrinsic incubation period.
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Database assignments for author(s): Kathleen R. Walker, Yves Carriere

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aedes aegypti		Mexico