Parental and offspring larval diets interact to influence life-history traits and infection with dengue virus in .

The environmental conditions experienced by parents can influence offspring phenotype along with the conditions experienced by offspring. These parental effects are clear in organisms that display parental care and are less clear in other organisms. Here, we consider effects of parental and offspring larval nutrition on offspring development time, survivorship and infection with dengue virus in , the mosquito vector of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika.

Diurnal Temperature Range and Chikungunya Virus Infection in Invasive Mosquito Vectors.

Climate strongly influences the geographic distribution and timing of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. Environmental temperature affects phenotypic traits of mosquitoes including vector competence for arboviruses mediated by changes in infection, extrinsic incubation period and in rates of transmission. Most experiments, however, are done at constant temperatures.