Western Africa is vulnerable to arboviral disease transmission, having recently experienced
major outbreaks of chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika. However, there have been …

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 …

Background The aim of this field trial was to evaluate the efficacy of attractive toxic sugar
baits (ATSB) in Mali, where sustained malaria transmission occurs despite the use of long …

Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses uses artificial
containers around homes to undergo immature development, making household-level …

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 …

The number of sporadic and epidemic dengue fever cases have reportedly been increasing
in recent years in some West African countries, such as Senegal and Mali. The first epidemic …

Since the recent epidemics of yellow fever in Angola and Brazil as well as the importation of
cases to China in 2016, there has been an increased interest in the century-old enigma …

Diet-induced nutritional stress can influence pathogen transmission potential in mosquitoes
by impacting life history traits, infection susceptibility, and immunity. To investigate these …

Background The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is the principal vector of medically-
important infectious viruses that cause severe illness such as dengue fever, yellow fever and …

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 …