Stranger Swings: Temperature-Dependent Upsides and Downsides of a Densovirus in Aedes albopictus
Christophe Boëte, Marco Perriat‐Sanguinet, Anne-Sophie Gosselin Grenet, Patrick Makoundou, Mylène Ogliastro, Mathieu Sicard, Sandra Unal, Mylène Weill, Célestine M. Atyame
This study shows that AalDV2 infection increases survival of Ae. albopictus larvae at high temperatures but reduces development speed and adult size, revealing temperature-dependent trade-offs in mosquito fitness.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Jun 8, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology