Larval crowding enhances dengue virus loads in Aedes aegypti, a relationship that might increase transmission in urban environments

• Heverton L. C. Dutra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heverton L. C. Dutra, Dustin J. Marshall

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Dustin J. Marshall ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heverton L. C. Dutra, Dustin J. Marshall

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation The School of Life Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Belinda Comerford,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The School of Life Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Brianna P. McNulty,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Anastacia M. Diaz,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Matthew J. Jones,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Austin J. Mejia,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Entomology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Ottar N. Bjornstad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Entomology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Elizabeth A. McGraw

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eam7@psu.edu

  Affiliations The Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Entomology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7973-088X

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