Ticks and the pathogens they transmit constitute a growing burden for human and animal
health worldwide. Vector competence is a component of vectorial capacity and depends on …

Since its first report in Anopheles mosquitoes in 1950s, insecticide resistance has spread
very fast to most sub-Saharan African malaria-endemic countries, where it is predicted to …

Malaria control interventions target nocturnal feeding of the Anopheles vectors indoors to
reduce parasite transmission. Mass deployment of insecticidal bed nets and indoor residual …

The innate immune system in insects is composed of a large variety of specific and non‐
specific responses that are activated in response to the presence of foreign agents. One …

Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only …

Site-specific selfish genes exploit host functions to copy themselves into a defined target
DNA sequence, and include homing endonuclease genes, group II introns and some LINE …

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 …

We have identified 242 Anopheles gambiae genes from 18 gene families implicated in
innate immunity and have detected marked diversification relative to Drosophila …

Mosquitoes are the potential vectors of several viral diseases such as filariasis, malaria,
dengue, yellow fever, Zika fever and encephalitis in humans as well as other species …

Insects transmit the causative agents for such debilitating diseases as malaria, lymphatic
filariases, slee** sickness, Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, river blindness, Dengue, and …