The effect of temperature on dengue virus transmission by Aedes mosquitoes

Zhuanzhuan Liu; Qingxin Zhang; Liya Li; Junjie He; Jinyang Guo; Zichen Wang; Yige Huang; Zimeng Xi; Fei Yuan; Yiji Li; Tingting Li

doi:10.3389/fcimb.2023.1242173

The effect of temperature on dengue virus transmission by Aedes mosquitoes

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Sep 21:13:1242173. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1242173. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhuanzhuan Liu¹, Qingxin Zhang², Liya Li², Junjie He², Jinyang Guo², Zichen Wang², Yige Huang², Zimeng Xi², Fei Yuan¹, Yiji Li³, Tingting Li³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Jiangsu International Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
² School of Imaging Medical Sciences, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
³ Department of Pathogen Biology, Center for Tropical Disease Control and Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences and Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.

Abstract

Dengue is prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. As an arbovirus disease, it is mainly transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. According to the previous studies, temperature is closely related to the survival of Aedes mosquitoes, the proliferation of dengue virus (DENV) and the vector competence of Aedes to transmit DENV. This review describes the correlations between temperature and dengue epidemics, and explores the potential reasons including the distribution and development of Aedes mosquitoes, the structure of DENV, and the vector competence of Aedes mosquitoes. In addition, the immune and metabolic mechanism are discussed on how temperature affects the vector competence of Aedes mosquitoes to transmit DENV.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; dengue virus; temperature; vector competence.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aedes*
Animals
Dengue Virus*
Dengue*
Mosquito Vectors
Temperature

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82002157, 82060379, 81660345), Fund for Postdoctoral Research in China (No. 2018M632382), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu of China (No. BK20180994), Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation (820RC653), and the Talent Introduction Fund of Hainan Medical University (XRC220012).