The mosquito holobiont: fresh insight into mosquito-microbiota interactions

M Guégan, K Zouache, C Démichel, G Minard… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
The holobiont concept was first developed for coral ecosystems but has been extended to
multiple organisms, including plants and other animals. Studies on insect-associated …

Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects

A Zumla, M Rao, RS Wallis, SHE Kaufmann… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Despite extensive global efforts in the fight against killer infectious diseases, they still cause
one in four deaths worldwide and are important causes of long-term functional disability …

Mosquito vector competence for dengue is modulated by insect-specific viruses

RP Olmo, YMH Todjro, ERGR Aguiar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes are the main vectors for dengue virus (DENV)
and other arboviruses, including Zika virus (ZIKV). Understanding the factors that affect …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Zika virus and dengue virus dependency factors using functional genomics

G Savidis, WM McDougall, P Meraner, JM Perreira… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The flaviviruses dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) are severe health threats with
rapidly expanding ranges. To identify the host cell dependencies of DENV and ZIKV, we …

The 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions of the flaviviral genome

WC Ng, R Soto-Acosta, SS Bradrick, MA Garcia-Blanco… - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are enveloped arthropod-borne viruses with a single-stranded, positive-sense
RNA genome that can cause serious illness in humans and animals. The 11 kb 5′ capped …

Ribosomal frameshifting and transcriptional slippage: From genetic steganography and cryptography to adventitious use

JF Atkins, G Loughran, PR Bhatt, AE Firth… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genetic decoding is not 'frozen'as was earlier thought, but dynamic. One facet of this is
frameshifting that often results in synthesis of a C-terminal region encoded by a new frame …

Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

XG Chen, X Jiang, J Gu, M Xu, Y Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly successful invasive species that
transmits a number of human viral diseases, including dengue and Chikungunya fevers …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

S Thangamani, J Huang, CE Hart… - The American journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previous experimental studies have demonstrated that a number of mosquito-borne
flavivirus pathogens are vertically transmitted in their insect vectors, providing a mechanism …

The microbiome modulates arbovirus transmission in mosquitoes

S Hegde, JL Rasgon, GL Hughes - Current opinion in virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Complex interactions occur within the mosquito holobiome that profoundly alter
the phenotype of the host.•Bacteria can enhance or suppress arbovirus transmission in …

Aedes spp. and Their Microbiota: A Review

F Scolari, M Casiraghi, M Bonizzoni - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Aedes spp. are a major public health concern due to their ability to be efficient vectors of
dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and other arboviruses. With limited vaccines available and no …