[HTML][HTML] Behavioural adaptations of mosquito vectors to insecticide control

D Carrasco, T Lefèvre, N Moiroux, C Pennetier… - Current opinion in insect …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mosquito vectors can evolve behavioural adaptations in response to vector
control.•Observed behavioural shifts in the field concern biting time/site and bitten host …

The microbiome and mosquito vectorial capacity: rich potential for discovery and translation

C Cansado-Utrilla, SY Zhao, PJ McCall, KL Coon… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Microbiome research has gained considerable interest due to the emerging evidence of its
impact on human and animal health. As in other animals, the gut-associated microbiota of …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of host learning in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

C Vinauger, C Lahondère, GH Wolff, LT Locke, JE Liaw… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
How mosquitoes determine which individuals to bite has important epidemiological
consequences. This choice is not random; most mosquitoes specialize in one or a few …

Olfaction, experience and neural mechanisms underlying mosquito host preference

GH Wolff, JA Riffell - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Mosquitoes are best known for their proclivity towards biting humans and transmitting
bloodborne pathogens, but there are over 3500 species, including both blood-feeding and …

Understanding host utilization by mosquitoes: determinants, challenges and future directions

J Yan, L Gangoso, S Ruiz, R Soriguer… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito host utilization is a key factor in the transmission of vector‐borne pathogens given
that it greatly influences host–vector contact rates. Blood‐feeding patterns of mosquitoes are …

Implications of sublethal insecticide exposure and the development of resistance on mosquito physiology, behavior, and pathogen transmission

F Andreazza, EE Oliveira, GF Martins - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquitoes are one of the greatest threats to human lives; they transmit a
wide range of pathogens, including viruses that cause lethal diseases. Mosquitoes are …

Linking mosquito ecology, traits, behavior, and disease transmission

K Chandrasegaran, C Lahondère, LE Escobar… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Mosquitoes are considered to be the deadliest animals on Earth because the diseases they
transmit claim at least a million human lives every year globally. Here, we discuss the scales …

Standardised bioassays reveal that mosquitoes learn to avoid compounds used in chemical vector control after a single sub-lethal exposure

S Sougoufara, H Yorkston-Dives, NM Aklee, AC Rus… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are worldwide public health issues. Despite research focused on
vectorial capacity determinants in pathogen transmitting mosquitoes, their behavioural …

Olfactory learning and chemical ecology of olfaction in disease vector mosquitoes: a life history perspective

EK Lutz, C Lahondère, C Vinauger, JA Riffell - Current opinion in insect …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Many olfactory cues affect innate and experienced behaviors throughout the
mosquito life cycle.•Larval environment odors are ecologically relevant to both larvae and …

Transcriptomics supports local sensory regulation in the antenna of the kissing-bug Rhodnius prolixus

JM Latorre-Estivalis, M Sterkel, S Ons, MG Lorenzo - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Rhodnius prolixus has become a model for revealing the molecular bases of
insect sensory biology due to the publication of its genome and its well-characterized …