Interferons (IFNs) induce the expression of hundreds of genes as part of an elaborate
antimicrobial programme designed to combat infection in all nucleated cells—a process …

Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by parasites of the obligate intracellular
Apicomplexa phylum the most deadly of which, Plasmodium falciparum, prevails in Africa …

Ticks are ectoparasitic arthropods that necessarily feed on the blood of their vertebrate
hosts. The success of blood acquisition depends on the pharmacological properties of tick …

Mosquitoes live under the endless threat of infections from different kinds of pathogens such
as bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The mosquito defends itself by employing both physical …

Ticks are hematophagous arachnids transmitting a wide variety of pathogens including
viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to their vertebrate hosts. The tick vector competence has to …

Nearly one million people are killed every year by the malaria parasite Plasmodium.
Although the disease-causing forms of the parasite exist only in the human blood …

In mosquitoes, the interaction between the gut microbiota, the immune system, and the
pathogens that these insects transmit to humans and animals is regarded as a key …

The malaria development in the mosquito midgut is a complex process that results in
considerable parasite losses. The mosquito gut microbiota influences the outcome of …

Hemocytes limit the capacity of mosquitoes to transmit human pathogens. Here we profile
the transcriptomes of 8506 hemocytes of Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti mosquito …