Climate change and the neglected tropical diseases

M Booth - Advances in parasitology, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to impact across every domain of society, including health. The
majority of the world's population is susceptible to pathological, infectious disease whose life …

Olfaction in Anopheles mosquitoes

JK Konopka, D Task, A Afify, J Raji, K Deibel… - Chemical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
As vectors of disease, mosquitoes are a global threat to human health. The Anopheles
mosquito is the deadliest mosquito species as the insect vector of the malaria-causing …

Humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby hosts and egg-laying sites

WJ Laursen, G Budelli, R Tang, EC Chang, R Busby… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
To reproduce and to transmit disease, female mosquitoes must obtain blood meals and
locate appropriate sites for egg laying (oviposition). While distinct sensory cues drive each …

The ion channel ppk301 controls freshwater egg-laying in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

BJ Matthews, MA Younger, LB Vosshall - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are deadly vectors of arboviral pathogens and breed in
containers of freshwater associated with human habitation. Because high salinity is lethal to …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial modelling of malaria cases associated with environmental factors in South Sumatra, Indonesia

H Hasyim, A Nursafingi, U Haque, D Montag… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Malaria, a parasitic infection, is a life-threatening disease in South Sumatra
Province, Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Arboviruses and their vectors

ZJ Madewell - Southern Medical Journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arthropod-transmitted viruses (arboviruses) pose important public health challenges
worldwide, and continue to do so even while the world is contending with the 2019 …

The influence of ecological factors on mosquito abundance and occurrence in Galápagos

S Asigau, PG Parker - Journal of Vector Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We sampled mosquitoes across 18 sites established at different elevations and stretching
from the north to the south of Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos. Two commonly occurring species …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological and environmental factors affecting transmission of sylvatic yellow fever in the 2017–2019 outbreak in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

FVS Abreu, CS de Andreazzi, MSAS Neves… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Yellow fever virus (YFV) is an arbovirus that, despite the existence of a safe and
effective vaccine, continues to cause outbreaks of varying dimensions in the Americas and …

[HTML][HTML] Adulticidal, larvicidal, pupicidal and oviposition deterrent activities of essential oil from Zanthoxylum limonella Alston (Rutaceae) against Aedes aegypti (L.) …

M Soonwera, S Phasomkusolsil - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate adulticidal, larvicidal and oviposition deterrent response of the
essential oil from dried Zanthoxylum limonella (Z. álimonella) fruit against Aedes aegypti …

[HTML][HTML] Semiochemical oviposition cues to control Aedes aegypti gravid females: state of the art and proposed framework for their validation

M Mulatier, A Boullis, A Vega-Rúa - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
In the fight against mosquito-borne diseases, odour-based lures targeting gravid females
represent a promising alternative to conventional tools for both reducing mosquito …