Mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue and malaria, pose a significant burden to global
health. Current control strategies with insecticides are only moderately effective. Scalable …

Highlights•Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT) is effective for mosquito-
borne diseases.•Wolbachia-based approaches are proposed for the protection of plants …

Background The introduction of Wolbachia (w Mel strain) into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
reduces their capacity to transmit dengue and other arboviruses. Randomised and non …

Long-read sequencing, exemplified by PacBio, revolutionizes genomics, overcoming
challenges like repetitive sequences. However, the high DNA requirement (> 1 µg) is …

Over the past 50 years, there has been a marked increase in diseases like dengue fever,
chikungunya, and Zika. The World Mosquito Program (WMP) has developed an approach …

Introduction Dengue is a major public health challenge and a growing problem due to
climate change. The release of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the intracellular …

Background Dengue is a global health problem of high significance, with 3.9 billion people
at risk of infection. The geographic expansion of dengue virus (DENV) infection has resulted …

The ability of the maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia to induce
cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and virus blocking makes it a promising weapon for …

Rising temperatures are impacting the range and prevalence of mosquito-borne diseases. A
promising biocontrol technology replaces wild mosquitoes with those carrying the virus …

Mosquitoes of the Culex genus are responsible for a large burden of zoonotic virus
transmission globally. Collectively, they play a significant role in the transmission of …