Veiga Jesús, Garrido Mario, Garrigós Marta, Chagas Carolina R F, Martínez-de la Puente Josué
Departamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD, CSIC), 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Jul 9;14(14):2019. doi: 10.3390/ani14142019.
The Asian tiger mosquito () is an invasive mosquito species with a global distribution. This species has populations established in most continents, being considered one of the 100 most dangerous invasive species. Invasions of mosquitoes such as could facilitate local transmission of pathogens, impacting the epidemiology of some mosquito-borne diseases. is a vector of several pathogens affecting humans, including viruses such as dengue virus, Zika virus and Chikungunya virus, as well as parasites such as . However, information about its competence for the transmission of parasites affecting wildlife, such as avian malaria parasites, is limited. In this literature review, we aim to explore the current knowledge about the relationships between and avian to understand the role of this mosquito species in avian malaria transmission. The prevalence of avian in field-collected is generally low, although studies have been conducted in a small proportion of the affected countries. In addition, the competence of for the transmission of avian malaria parasites has been only proved for certain morphospecies under laboratory conditions. Therefore, may play a minor role in avian transmission in the wild, likely due to its mammal-biased blood-feeding pattern and its reduced competence for the development of different avian . However, further studies considering other avian species and lineages circulating under natural conditions should be carried out to properly assess the vectorial role of for the species naturally circulating in its distribution range.
白纹伊蚊是一种具有全球分布的入侵性蚊种。该物种在大多数大陆都有种群，被认为是100种最危险的入侵物种之一。像白纹伊蚊这样的蚊子入侵可能会促进病原体的本地传播，影响一些蚊媒疾病的流行病学。白纹伊蚊是几种影响人类的病原体的传播媒介，包括登革病毒、寨卡病毒和基孔肯雅病毒等病毒，以及疟原虫等寄生虫。然而，关于其传播影响野生动物的寄生虫（如禽疟原虫）能力的信息有限。在这篇文献综述中，我们旨在探索关于白纹伊蚊与禽疟原虫之间关系的现有知识，以了解这种蚊种在禽疟传播中的作用。尽管仅在一小部分受影响国家开展了研究，但在野外采集的白纹伊蚊中禽疟原虫的流行率普遍较低。此外，仅在实验室条件下对白纹伊蚊传播禽疟原虫的能力在某些形态物种中得到了证实。因此，白纹伊蚊在野外禽疟传播中可能只起次要作用，这可能是由于其偏向吸食哺乳动物血液的习性以及其传播不同禽疟原虫的能力降低。然而，应该开展进一步研究，考虑在自然条件下传播的其他禽疟原虫物种和谱系，以正确评估白纹伊蚊在其分布范围内自然传播的禽疟原虫物种中的媒介作用。
