Phubeth Ya-umphan. Seasonal variation of morphometric properties and trans-ovarial transmission of dengue virus in natural population of aedes aegypti. Master's Degree(Tropical Medicine ). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2009.
Seasonal variation of morphometric properties and trans-ovarial transmission of dengue virus in natural population of aedes aegypti
ความผันแปรในคุณสมบัติทางสัณฐานวิทยาและการถ่ายทอดของเชื้อไวรัสเดงกี่จากแม่สู่ลูกตามฤดูกาลของยุงลาย aedes aegypti ในธรรมชาติ
Abstract:
Dengue virus infection continues to present a serious health problem in many
tropical areas of the world. Aedes mosquitoes are the main vector of dengue virus,
especially Aedes aegypti, which predominates in urban areas. The study sought to verify,
in natural conditions, the possible relationship between variations in the size of Aedes
aegypti mosquitoes and climatic factors; and to investigate the vertical transmission of
dengue virus serotype circulating in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Immaturestage
Aedes
aegypti were collected from inside and outside houses with reported dengue patients in
hyperendemic areas, in Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern
Thailand, during low (February, November) and high (June, August) denguetransmission
periods. Throughout the year 2007, the same three breeding sites were examined 4 times
for larvae and pupae. Collected specimens were reared to adults in the laboratory.
Individual females were tested for the presence of denguevirus
RNA in the abdominal
tissues by RTPCR.
A total of 248 samples, corresponding to February (29), June (81),
August (108), and November (30), were examined; none was found positive for dengue
virus. It is possible that transovarial transmission is low in the vector populations of this
study area. A morphometric study included measurement of wing length by geometric
and traditional techniques, which served as an estimator of mosquito body size. Sizes
were significantly smaller during the high transmission season, and showed a significant
negative correlation with both temperature and relative humidity. Wing shape showed a
similar pattern of variation, which was shown to be a passive allometric change. The
annual pattern of metric variations in Aedes aegypti observed in this study suggested that
it was primarily climaterelated,
with the same climatic factors probably affecting virus
development and transmission. This relationship requires further study.