Exploring the lower thermal limits for development of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Author:

Waite Jessica L.1ORCID,Suh Eunho1ORCID,Lynch Penelope A.2,Thomas Matthew B.1

Affiliation:

1. Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

2. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK

Abstract

The rate of malaria transmission is strongly determined by parasite development time in the mosquito, known as the extrinsic incubation period (EIP), since the quicker parasites develop, the greater the chance that the vector will survive long enough for the parasite to complete development and be transmitted. EIP is known to be temperature-dependent but this relationship is surprisingly poorly characterized. There is a single degree-day model for EIP of Plasmodium falciparum that derives from a limited number of poorly controlled studies conducted almost a century ago. Here, we show that the established degree-day model greatly underestimates the rate of development of P. falciparum in both Anopheles stephensi and An. gambiae mosquitoes at temperatures in the range of 17–20°C. We also show that realistic daily temperature fluctuation further speeds parasite development. These novel results challenge one of the longest standing models in malaria biology and have potentially important implications for understanding the impacts of future climate change.

Funder

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Science Foundation

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

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