Thrips transmission of tospoviruses

D Rotenberg, AL Jacobson, DJ Schneweis… - Current opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Research is revealing greater genetic diversity of thrips vectors and
tospoviruses.•Specific thrips–tospovirus population interactions underlie transmission …

Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

BJ Matthews, O Dudchenko, SB Kingan, S Koren… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infect more than 400 million people each year with
dangerous viral pathogens including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Progress …

Genomic approaches for understanding dengue: insights from the virus, vector, and host

S Sim, ML Hibberd - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
The incidence and geographic range of dengue have increased dramatically in recent
decades. Climate change, rapid urbanization and increased global travel have facilitated the …

Ensembl Genomes 2016: more genomes, more complexity

PJ Kersey, JE Allen, I Armean, S Boddu… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Ensembl Genomes (http://www. ensemblgenomes. org) is an integrating resource
for genome-scale data from non-vertebrate species, complementing the resources for …

Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population

BR Evans, P Kotsakiozi, AL Costa-da-Silva… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In an attempt to control the mosquito-borne diseases yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya,
and Zika fevers, a strain of transgenically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes containing a …

Population genomics reveals that an anthropophilic population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in West Africa recently gave rise to American and Asian populations of …

JE Crawford, JM Alves, WJ Palmer, JP Day, M Sylla… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue, Zika,
chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. This major disease vector is thought to have arisen …

Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

U Palatini, RA Masri, LV Cosme, S Koren… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is globally expanding and
has become the main vector for human arboviruses in Europe. With limited antiviral drugs …

Genetic evidence for the origin of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in the southwestern Indian Ocean

J Soghigian, A Gloria‐Soria, V Robert… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aedes aegypti is among the best‐studied mosquitoes due to its critical role as a vector of
human pathogens and ease of laboratory rearing. Until now, this species was thought to …

Multiple introductions of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, into California

E Pless, A Gloria-Soria, BR Evans… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti inhabits much of the tropical and subtropical world
and is a primary vector of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses. Breeding populations of …

Population structure of a vector of human diseases: Aedes aegypti in its ancestral range, Africa

P Kotsakiozi, BR Evans, A Gloria‐Soria… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aedes aegypti, the major vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses,
remains of great medical and public health concern. There is little doubt that the ancestral …