Internal and external drivers interact to create highly dynamic mosquito blood-feeding behaviour

GA Tung, DM Fonseca - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Blood-feeding, which is necessary for most female mosquitoes to reproduce, provides an
opportunity for pathogen transmission. Blood-feeding is influenced by external factors such …

Circadian regulation of dengue virus transmission and replication: insights into vector activity and viral dynamics

M Zandi, FS Mousavi - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Dengue fever, caused by dengue virus, poses a significant global health challenge,
particularly in tropical regions where Aedes aegypti serves as the primary vector. The …

Intra‐species quantification reveals differences in activity and sleep levels in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

OM Ajayi, EE Susanto, L Wang… - Medical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aedes aegypti is an important mosquito vector of human disease with a wide distribution
across the globe. Climatic conditions and ecological pressure drive differences in the …

Circadian regulation of locomotion, respiration, and arousability in adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

JP Marshall, E Marinko, A To, JL Morejon, R Joshi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is an ectoparasitic arachnid and vector for infectious
diseases, including Lyme borreliosis. Here, we investigate the diurnal activity and …

Multiple blood feeding bouts in mosquitoes allow for prolonged survival and are predicted to increase viral transmission during dry periods

CJ Holmes, S Chakraborty, OM Ajayi, MR Uhran… - iScience, 2025 - cell.com
Dry conditions increase blood feeding in mosquitoes, but it is unknown if dehydration-
induced bloodmeals are increased beyond what is necessary for reproduction. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Aedes albopictus colonies from different geographic origins differ in their sleep and activity levels but not in the time of peak activity

NE Wynne, E Applebach, K Chandrasegaran, OM Ajayi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mosquitoes occupy a wide range of habitats where they experience various environmental
conditions. The ability of some species, such as the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, to …

Multiple blood feeding bouts in mosquitoes allow for prolonged survival and are predicted to increase viral transmission during drought

CJ Holmes, S Chakraborty, OM Ajayi, MR Uhran… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Survival through periods of drought is critical for mosquitoes to reside in semi-arid regions
with humans. Dry conditions increase blood feeding propensity in mosquitoes, but it is …