[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical ecology and management of dengue vectors

B Torto, DP Tchouassi - Annual review of entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dengue, caused by the dengue virus, is the most widespread arboviral infectious disease of
public health significance globally. This review explores the communicative function of …

[HTML][HTML] New tools for Aedes control: mass trapping

R Barrera - Current opinion in insect science, 2022 - Elsevier
Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses uses artificial
containers around homes to undergo immature development, making household-level …

[HTML][HTML] Biology and Behaviour of Aedes aegypti in the Human Environment: Opportunities for Vector Control of Arbovirus Transmission

L Facchinelli, A Badolo, PJ McCall - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aedes aegypti is a ubiquitous vector of arboviruses mostly in urbanised areas throughout
the tropics and subtropics and a growing threat beyond. Control of Ae. aegypti is difficult and …

Chapter 7: Behavioural ecology of plant-mosquito relations

WA Foster - Sensory ecology of disease vectors, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
This document, in two parts, evaluates the behavioural aspects of plants as a food source for
mosquitoes. First is a summary of the established basics of mosquito plant feeding. These …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine triphosphate overrides the aversive effect of antifeedants and toxicants: a model alternative phagostimulant for sugar-based vector control tools

M Lukenge, R Ignell, SR Hill - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background Sugar, when used as the phagostimulant in attractive toxic bait control tools,
limits the efficacy and selectivity of this technology. Thus, more potent and selective …

[HTML][HTML] A Broad-Based Mosquito Yeast Interfering RNA Pesticide Targeting Rbfox1 Represses Notch Signaling and Kills Both Larvae and Adult Mosquitoes

K Mysore, L Sun, LK Hapairai, CW Wang, JB Roethele… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prevention of mosquito-borne infectious diseases will require new classes of
environmentally safe insecticides and novel mosquito control technologies. Saccharomyces …

Applicability of attractive toxic sugar baits as a mosquito vector control tool in the context of India: a review

G Kumar, VP Ojha, S Pasi - Pest Management Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vector‐borne diseases (VBD) constitute 17% of all infectious diseases that pose a major
public health concern around the world. In India, VBD like malaria and dengue continue to …

[HTML][HTML] A Yeast RNA-Interference Pesticide Targeting the Irx Gene Functions as a Broad-Based Mosquito Larvicide and Adulticide

K Mysore, L Sun, LK Hapairai, CW Wang, J Igiede… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It is critical that we identify new methods of preventing mosquito-borne
infectious diseases, which threaten millions of people worldwide. In this investigation, we …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of boric acid containing toxic sugar baits against Anopheles culicifacies, An. stephensi and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

G Kumar, A Sharma, RC Dhiman - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background & objectives: Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) is a novel tool which employs
mosquito sugar feeding behaviour to kill them. The potential of ATSB against mosquito …