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Introducing Wolbachia bacteria to Aedes mosquitoes offers a novel dengue control strategy. Environmental changes can unexpectedly cause Wolbachia extinction, but frequent transitions may aid mosquito population invasion.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology

Background:

  • Dengue fever is a significant global health concern, infecting 100 million people annually.
  • The bacterium Wolbachia is a novel biological control agent for dengue vector mosquitoes, such as Aedes.
  • Environmental heterogeneity's impact on Wolbachia spread dynamics in natural settings is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model the spread of Wolbachia in Aedes mosquitoes under randomly switching environmental conditions.
  • To investigate the influence of environmental heterogeneity and regime transitions on Wolbachia invasion dynamics.
  • To extend the understanding of invasion thresholds in stochastic environments.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a mathematical model using differential equations to simulate Wolbachia spread.
  • Incorporation of random switching between two distinct environmental regimes.
  • Analysis of phase spaces from ordinary differential equation (ODE) systems for each regime.

Main Results:

  • Random environmental regime transitions can unexpectedly lead to Wolbachia extinction, even from states where fixation was expected in homogeneous environments.
  • Frequent regime transitions enhance the effectiveness of mosquito releases for Wolbachia invasion.
  • Identification of threshold curves that predict Wolbachia invasion success in stochastic environments.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental heterogeneity introduces complex dynamics to Wolbachia invasion, potentially leading to extinction.
  • Stochastic environments necessitate a re-evaluation of invasion thresholds, extending previous theories.
  • The findings have implications for optimizing Wolbachia-based dengue control strategies in variable natural conditions.