This investigation was directed toward evaluating the vector capacity of such flies and determining their potential role in the transmission and ecology of CPV.
Vector competence of an insect species and vector capacity of an insect population are important parameters in this respect (36 ).
The level of exposure to SBV by arthropods depends on the vector capacity of the residing vectors.
Although this study demonstrates that A. cajennense ticks are an experimental intrastadial vector, additional studies are needed to fully characterize the vector capacity of this species, particularly with regard to interstadial transmission.
Whether the virus becomes established in a new area depends upon the number and distribution of susceptible hosts, the duration and titer of the BTV viremia in the hosts, the vector capacity of the local vector population, and the ambient temperature.
Although the selective force driving this dynamic was not identified, given that susceptibility to Plasmodium parasites is known to be associated with allelic variation in TEP1, these changes in allele frequencies could alter the vectoring capacity of populations.
The vector capacity and susceptibility of An. sinensis have been examined [ 3, 58, 60].
Vector capacity is a measure of the efficiency of vector-borne disease transmission comprising vector competence, susceptible host density, vector host feeding preferences, vector survival rate, vector density, and vector feeding rates (50 in Technical Appendix).
Mote prevention Strange medicine Plugging away Computers, gaming ReprintsIn January a team led by Nora Besansky of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana published the genomes of 16 species, representing the full gamut of "vector capacity"—the ability to carry the malarial parasite.
Because many insect-vectored diseases remain endemic despite implementation of traditional control measures, several novel genetic pest management (GPM) vector control strategies have been proposed to reduce vector capacity and hence transmission of pathogens (Whitten and Foster 1975; Hemingway et al. 2006; Sinkins and Gould 2006).
