[HTML][HTML] Back to the future: the sterile insect technique against mosquito disease vectors

RS Lees, JRL Gilles, J Hendrichs, MJB Vreysen… - Current opinion in insect …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•The sterile insect technique has been effective against many pest insect
species.•This environmentally friendly method is being resurrected for mosquito …

[HTML][HTML] Invasive mosquito vectors in Europe: From bioecology to surveillance and management

G Giunti, N Becker, G Benelli - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Invasive mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) play a key role in the spread of a number
of mosquito-borne diseases worldwide. Anthropogenic changes play a significant role in …

Introduction of invasive mosquito species into Europe and prospects for arbovirus transmission and vector control in an era of globalization

R Lühken, N Brattig, N Becker - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Mosquito research in Europe has a long history, primarily focused on
malaria vectors. In recent years, invasive mosquito species like the Asian tiger mosquito …

Microorganism-Based Larval Diets Affect Mosquito Development, Size and Nutritional Reserves in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

RS Souza, F Virginio, TIS Riback, L Suesdek… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background Mosquito larvae feed on organic detritus from the environment, particularly
microorganisms comprising bacteria, protozoa, and algae as well as crustaceans, plant …

Combining the sterile insect technique with the incompatible insect technique: I-impact of Wolbachia infection on the fitness of triple-and double-infected strains of …

D Zhang, X Zheng, Z **, K Bourtzis, JRL Gilles - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The mosquito species Aedes albopictus is a major vector of the human diseases dengue
and chikungunya. Due to the lack of efficient and sustainable methods to control this …

[HTML][HTML] More than one rabbit out of the hat: radiation, transgenic and symbiont-based approaches for sustainable management of mosquito and tsetse fly populations

K Bourtzis, RS Lees, J Hendrichs, MJB Vreysen - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are
bloodsucking vectors of human and animal pathogens. Mosquito-borne diseases (malaria …

Early‐life food stress hits females harder than males in insects: A meta‐analysis of sex differences in environmental sensitivity

T Teder, A Kaasik - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fitness consequences of early‐life environmental conditions are often sex‐specific, but
corresponding evidence for invertebrates remains inconclusive. Here, we use meta‐analysis …

Riboflavin instability is a key factor underlying the requirement of a gut microbiota for mosquito development

Y Wang, JH Eum, RE Harrison, L Valzania… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
We previously determined that several diets used to rear Aedes aegypti and other mosquito
species support the development of larvae with a gut microbiota but do not support the …

The insect pest control laboratory of the joint FAO/IAEA programme: ten years (2010–2020) of research and development, achievements and challenges in support of …

MJB Vreysen, AMM Abd-Alla, K Bourtzis, J Bouyer… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - II …

ML Zheng, DJ Zhang, DD Damiens, RS Lees… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Management of large quantities of eggs will be a crucial aspect of the efficient
and sustainable mass production of mosquitoes for programmes with a Sterile Insect …