Invited Symposium Presentation Submission
Factors Allowing for the Transmission of Vector-Borne Viruses: Vector Competence, Vertebrate Host Competence, and Environmental Factors Symposium
Barry W. Alto, BA, MS, PhD (he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida
Vero Beach, Florida, United States
The application of insecticides may include both lethal and sublethal effects, and associated development of insecticide resistance. Mosquitoes with phenotypes that exhibit insecticide resistance or experience sublethal effects may be associated with altered vector competence for arboviruses. Here, we present evidence for within species variability in vector competence associated with exposure to insecticides among invasive Stegomyia mosquitoes.