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: Received: 30 November 2023 / Approved: 1 December 2023 / Online: 1 December 2023 (05:15:07 CET)
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Sanon, A.; Wang, L.; Moungou, A.A.; Delang, L.; Badolo, A. Life History Traits of Aedes aegypti across Different Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso. Preprints2023, 2023120022. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0022.v1
Sanon, A.; Wang, L.; Moungou, A.A.; Delang, L.; Badolo, A. Life History Traits of Aedes aegypti across Different Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso. Preprints 2023, 2023120022. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0022.v1
Sanon, A.; Wang, L.; Moungou, A.A.; Delang, L.; Badolo, A. Life History Traits of Aedes aegypti across Different Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso. Preprints2023, 2023120022. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0022.v1
APA Style
Sanon, A., Wang, L., Moungou, A.A., Delang, L., & Badolo, A. (2023). Life History Traits of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> across Different Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0022.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sanon, A., Leen Delang and Athanase Badolo. 2023 "Life History Traits of <em>Aedes aegypti</em> across Different Climatic Zones of Burkina Faso" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0022.v1
Abstract
Aedes aegypti is the main vector of various arboviruses including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya virus. This mosquito species originated in Africa but has a wide range of distribution, colonising various ecological zones. The transmission dynamics of arboviruses depends on environmental factors, but also on mosquito life history traits including development time, fecundity, and longevity. The objective of the current study was to assess the Aedes aegypti immature development time, adult longevity, fecundity and body variation from different sampling localities. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were collected as eggs from different geographical zones and cohorts of mosquitoes were reared in standardized laboratory conditions to assess the life history traits parameters. Emerged adults were discriminated into morphotypes according to the density of white scales on the first abdominal tergite. The means of fecundity, longevity, development time and body size were assessed, and linear models were fitted to the traits parameters to assess the effects of other covariables. Average Aedes aegypti development time was estimated to 7.35 days; 7.40 days; 6.98 days and 7.40 days respectively for Dori, 1200 logements, Bobo-Dioulasso and Toudweogo. The fecundity did not vary across study sites and was not associated with the body size. The longevity varied according to the study sites with the mosquitoes from Bobo-Dioulasso having the longest longevity while the shortest longevity was found at Dori. Fed mosquitoes had longer longevity compared to unfed ones. Morphological identification showed that Aedes aegypti aegypti-like mosquitoes were more predominant than Aedes aegypti formosus-like mosquitoes in all the study sites, suggesting the predominance of Aedes aegypti in the urban environment. Our data suggest that the geographical origin of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Burkina Faso has a little effect on its life history traits.
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