Background Sugar feeding is an important behavior which may determine vector potential of
mosquitoes. Sugar meals can reduce blood feeding frequency, enhance survival, and …

Background Sugar feeding is an important behavior which may determine vector potential of
female mosquitoes. Sugar meals can reduce blood feeding frequency, enhance survival …

Background Sugar feeding is a fundamental behaviour of many mosquito species. For
Aedes albopictus, an important vector of dengue virus and chikungunya virus, little is known …

Effective mosquito surveillance and management depend on a thorough understanding of
the biology and feeding patterns unique to species and sex. Given that a propensity to sugar …

Feeding on plant-derived sugars is an essential component of mosquito biology, affecting
key aspects of their lives such as survival, metabolism, and reproduction. Among …

Background Current tools and strategies are not sufficient to reliably address threats and
outbreaks of arboviruses including Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Hence …

Background Sugar-feeding behaviour is essential for mosquito survival and reproduction,
and has been exploited to develop new control strategies, such as the attractive targeted …

Sugar is the main source of energy for the activities of mosquitoes; however, information on
the vital sugar feeding of Aedes albopictus in the field is scanty and often anecdotal. Using …

Laboratory and field-based studies of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus demonstrate
its competency to transmit over twenty different pathogens linked to a broad range of …

As mosquito females require a blood meal to reproduce, they can act as vectors of
numerous pathogens, such as arboviruses (eg Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses) …