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Journal Article
Variation in the susceptibility of urban Aedes mosquitoes infected with a densovirus
2020
Overview
Urban
Aedes
mosquitoes are vectors of many viruses affecting human health such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. Insecticide resistance and environmental toxicity risks hamper the effectiveness of chemical control against these mosquito vectors. Alternative control methods, such as the use of mosquito-specific entomopathogenic viruses should be explored. Numerous studies have focused on evaluating the potential of different densoviruses species as biological control agents. However, knowledge on the extent of inter- and intra-specific variations in the susceptibility of
Aedes
mosquitoes to infection by different densoviruses remains insufficient. In this study, we compared infection and mortality rates induced by the
Aedes albopictus
densovirus 2 in different strains of
Aedes albopictus
and
Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. The two
Aedes
species were different in terms of susceptibility to viral infection. Under laboratory conditions, Aedes albopictus densovirus 2 appeared more virulent for the different strains of
Aedes aegypti
tested than for those of
Aedes albopictus
. In addition, we also found significant intra-specific variation in infection and mortality rates. Thus, although even if Aedes albopictus densoviruses could be powerful biocontrol agents used in the management of urban
Aedes
populations, our results also call into question the use of single viral isolate as biocontrol agents.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
