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August 2021
    Citation: Yue Chen, Ronghua Chen, Jianrong Gao, Chunyuan Li, Jun Liu, Zhijian Zhou, Ruiwen Ren. Effects of Overwintering on the Survival and Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus in the Urban Life Cycle of Dengue Virus in Guangzhou, China .VIROLOGICA SINICA, 2021, 36(4) : 755-761.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12250-021-00356-0
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    Effects of Overwintering on the Survival and Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus in the Urban Life Cycle of Dengue Virus in Guangzhou, China

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      Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the Southern Theatre Command of the PLA, Guangzhou, 510507, China

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      Guangdong Arbovirus Diseases Emergency Technology Research Center, Guangzhou, 510507, China

    • Corresponding author: Yue Chen, redcellchen@163.com, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-7546
      Ruiwen Ren, renruiwen@hotmail.com, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-4537
    • Yue Chen and Ronghua Chen contributed equally to this work.
    • Received Date: 27 September 2020
      Accepted Date: 21 December 2020
      Published Date: 05 March 2021
      Available online: 01 August 2021
    • The Pearl River Delta, where Aedes albopictus (Ae. albopictus) is the only vector for dengue transmission, has exhibited one of the highest dengue burdens in southern China in recent decades. However, whether dengue virus (DENV) can overwinter in Ae. albopictus in the Pearl River Delta has not been determined to date. In this study, 300 field-derived Ae. albopictus mosquitoes from Guangzhou that were infected with the predominant endemic DENV-1 strain were investigated under simulated urban balcony environment from October 16, 2016, to June 16, 2017. The vertical transmission of DENV in the infected overwintering Ae. albopictus was analyzed. The DENV infected overwintering mosquitoes were evaluated for viral load at nine-time points using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The vector competence of the infected overwintering Ae. albopictus was also investigated by using suckling mice. Adult mosquitoes and larvae were found during the observation period. The vertical transmission of DENV-1 was documented. The DENV-1-positive rates between overwintering males and females had no difference. The proportion of DENV-1-positive overwintering mosquitoes decreased over time and had no difference beyond three months after the experiment. Overwintering mosquitoes can spread DENV-1 to hosts. No engorged mosquitoes at an ambient temperature below 15 ℃ were observed. The ratio of engorged mosquitoes was positively correlated with the ambient temperature ranging from 15 to 30 ℃. Our results demonstrated that DENV can overwinter in Ae. albopictus in the Pearl River Delta, Ae. albopictus is the competent vector for DENV, and maintain autochthonous dengue outbreaks in the Pearl River Delta through vertical transmission.
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      Effects of Overwintering on the Survival and Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus in the Urban Life Cycle of Dengue Virus in Guangzhou, China

        Corresponding author: Yue Chen, redcellchen@163.com
        Corresponding author: Ruiwen Ren, renruiwen@hotmail.com
      • 1. Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the Southern Theatre Command of the PLA, Guangzhou, 510507, China
      • 2. Guangdong Arbovirus Diseases Emergency Technology Research Center, Guangzhou, 510507, China
      • Received Date: 27 September 2020
      • Accepted Date: 21 December 2020
      • Published Date: 05 March 2021

      Abstract: The Pearl River Delta, where Aedes albopictus (Ae. albopictus) is the only vector for dengue transmission, has exhibited one of the highest dengue burdens in southern China in recent decades. However, whether dengue virus (DENV) can overwinter in Ae. albopictus in the Pearl River Delta has not been determined to date. In this study, 300 field-derived Ae. albopictus mosquitoes from Guangzhou that were infected with the predominant endemic DENV-1 strain were investigated under simulated urban balcony environment from October 16, 2016, to June 16, 2017. The vertical transmission of DENV in the infected overwintering Ae. albopictus was analyzed. The DENV infected overwintering mosquitoes were evaluated for viral load at nine-time points using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The vector competence of the infected overwintering Ae. albopictus was also investigated by using suckling mice. Adult mosquitoes and larvae were found during the observation period. The vertical transmission of DENV-1 was documented. The DENV-1-positive rates between overwintering males and females had no difference. The proportion of DENV-1-positive overwintering mosquitoes decreased over time and had no difference beyond three months after the experiment. Overwintering mosquitoes can spread DENV-1 to hosts. No engorged mosquitoes at an ambient temperature below 15 ℃ were observed. The ratio of engorged mosquitoes was positively correlated with the ambient temperature ranging from 15 to 30 ℃. Our results demonstrated that DENV can overwinter in Ae. albopictus in the Pearl River Delta, Ae. albopictus is the competent vector for DENV, and maintain autochthonous dengue outbreaks in the Pearl River Delta through vertical transmission.

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