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. 2020 Sep 15;9:e58511. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58511

Appendix 1—table 5. Trait thermal response functions, data sources, and posterior estimates: parasite development rate.

Asymmetrical responses fit with Brière function (B): B(T)=qT(T – Tmin)(Tmax – T)1/2; symmetrical responses fit with quadratic function (Q): Q(T) = -q(T – Tmin)(T – Tmax). Median function coefficients and optima (with 95% credible intervals).

Trait/Species
(data source)
F(x) q (CIs) Tmin (CIs) Tmax (CIs) Topt (CIs)
Parasite Dev. Rate (PDR)
RVFV | Ae. taeniorhynchus
(Turell et al., 1985)
B 8.84·10−5
(2.51–15.5·10−5)
9.0
(5.4–13.8)
45.9
(41.9–50.3)
37.8
(34.5–41.3)
EEEV | Ae. triseriatus
(Chamberlain and Sudia, 1955)
B 7.05·10−5
(5.21–9.68·10−5)
11.6
(7.0–16.4)
44.8
(40.6–49.4)
37.2
(33.8–41.1)
WNV | Cx. pipiens
(Dohm et al., 2002; Kilpatrick et al., 2008)
B 7.38·10−5
(5.38–9.94·10−5)
11.4
(7.3–15.0)
45.2
(40.7–50.3)
37.5
(33.8–41.6)
WNV | Cx. quinquefasciatus (Paull et al., 2017) B 7.12·10−5
(4.58–10.2·10−5)
19.0
(12.9–21.0)
44.1
(38.8–50.4)
37.7
(33.6–42.7)
SLEV | Cx. tarsalis
(Reisen et al., 1993)
B 7.11·10−5
(5.60–8.95·10−5)
12.8
(10.3–14.3)
45.2
(40.2–51.5)
37.7
(33.8–42.6)
WEEV | Cx. tarsalis
(Kramer et al., 1983; Reisen et al., 1993)
B 6.43·10−5
(4.44–10.4·10−5)
4.0
(0–12.6)
44. 0
(38.3–50.9)
35.7
(31.0–41.4)
WNV | Cx. tarsalis
(Reisen et al., 2006)
B 6.57·10−5
(5.11–8.85·10−5)
11.2
(7.9–14.9)
44.7
(40.4–49.4)
37.0
(33.6–40.9)
WNV | Cx. univittatus
(Cornel et al., 1993)
B 7.54·10−5
(4.13–11.1·10−5)
10.2
(7.1–15.3)
34.4
(31.2–51.1)
28.8
(26.1–42.5)
SINV | Ae. taeniorhynchus
(Turell and Lundström, 1990)
NA Not fitted because lack of temperature sensitivity