The Role of Vector Trait Variation in Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics

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dc.contributor.authorCator, Lauren J.en
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Leah R.en
dc.contributor.authorMordecai, Erin A.en
dc.contributor.authorEl Moustaid, Fadouaen
dc.contributor.authorSmallwood, Thomas R. C.en
dc.contributor.authorLaDeau, Shannon L.en
dc.contributor.authorJohansson, Michael A.en
dc.contributor.authorHudson, Peter J.en
dc.contributor.authorBoots, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Matthew B.en
dc.contributor.authorPower, Alison G.en
dc.contributor.authorPawar, Samraaten
dc.contributor.departmentStatisticsen
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-24T20:41:01Zen
dc.date.available2020-11-24T20:41:01Zen
dc.date.issued2020-07-10en
dc.description.abstractMany important endemic and emerging diseases are transmitted by vectors that are biting arthropods. The functional traits of vectors can affect pathogen transmission rates directly and also through their effect on vector population dynamics. Increasing empirical evidence shows that vector traits vary significantly across individuals, populations, and environmental conditions, and at time scales relevant to disease transmission dynamics. Here, we review empirical evidence for variation in vector traits and how this trait variation is currently incorporated into mathematical models of vector-borne disease transmission. We argue that mechanistically incorporating trait variation into these models, by explicitly capturing its effects on vector fitness and abundance, can improve the reliability of their predictions in a changing world. We provide a conceptual framework for incorporating trait variation into vector-borne disease transmission models, and highlight key empirical and theoretical challenges. This framework provides a means to conceptualize how traits can be incorporated in vector borne disease systems, and identifies key areas in which trait variation can be explored. Determining when and to what extent it is important to incorporate trait variation into vector borne disease models remains an important, outstanding question.en
dc.description.notesThis work was funded by NIH grant 1R01AI122284-01 and BBSRC grant BB/N013573/1 as part of the joint (NIH-NSFUSDA-BBSRC) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program. EM and LJ were funded by NSF grant DEB-1518681. LJ and FE were funded by NSF DMS/DEB #1750113. EM was funded by the National Institutes of Health (R35GM133439).en
dc.description.sponsorshipNIHUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [1R01AI122284-01]; BBSRC as part of the joint (NIH-NSFUSDA-BBSRC) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program [BB/N013573/1]; NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) [DEB-1518681]; National Institutes of HealthUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [R35GM133439]; NSF DMS/DEB [1750113]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00189en
dc.identifier.issn2296-701Xen
dc.identifier.other189en
dc.identifier.pmid32775339en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/100926en
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectvector-borne disease modelingen
dc.subjecttraitsen
dc.subjectpopulation dynamicsen
dc.subjecttransmissionen
dc.subjectvector ecologyen
dc.subjectreproductive numberen
dc.titleThe Role of Vector Trait Variation in Vector-Borne Disease Dynamicsen
dc.title.serialFrontiers In Ecology and Evolutionen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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