Background Three arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) causing human disease have
been the focus of a large number of studies in the Americas since 2013 due to their global …

The environment, directly and indirectly, affects many mosquito traits in both the larval and
adult stages. The availability of food resources is one of the key factors influencing these …

Despite the importance of mosquito mating biology to reproductive control strategies, a
mechanistic understanding of individual mating interactions is currently lacking. Using …

The field of mosquito mating biology has experienced a considerable expansion in the past
decade. Recent work has generated many key insights about specific aspects of mating …

Aedes albopictus is the most invasive mosquito in the world and often displaces Ae. aegypti
in regions where their populations overlap. Interspecific mating has been proposed as a …

Background Evaluating and improving mating success and competitive ability of laboratory-
reared transgenic mosquito strains will enhance the effectiveness of proposed disease …

Establishment of novel mosquito control technologies such as the use of genetically
engineered insects typically involves phased testing to generate robust data-sets that …

Aedes aegypti is an important disease vector and a major target of reproductive control
efforts. We manipulated the opportunity for sexual selection in populations of Ae. aegypti by …

The immune system is considered a functional trait in life-history theory and its modulation is
predicted to be costly and highly dependent on the host's nutrition. Therefore, the nutritional …

Aedes aegypti is the vector of several viral diseases. The main way to control these diseases
is to fight the vector. Thus, it is necessary to breed mosquitoes in the laboratory in order to …