Mosquitoes are best known for their proclivity towards biting humans and transmitting
bloodborne pathogens, but there are over 3500 species, including both blood-feeding and …

The poorly understood mechanisms of dry season persistence of Anopheles spp.
mosquitoes through the dry season in Africa remain a critical gap in our knowledge of …

Background Novel surveillance strategies are needed to detect the rapid and continuous
emergence of infectious disease agents. Ideally, new sampling strategies should be simple …

Abstract Background Populations of the Anopheles gambiae complex are found during the
rainy season throughout West Africa, even in arid areas with long dry seasons during which …

Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly recognized as a major cause of malaria in Southeast
Asia. Anopheles leucosphyrous group mosquitoes transmit the parasite and natural hosts …

The ability to detect and identify substances based on the volatile compounds (odors) they
emit is relied upon heavily for numerous investigative purposes. Animals have an innate …

The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) is a grain feeding specie belonging to family
Curculionidae, order Coleoptra. S. oryzae is ranked as the first important pest causing the …

Difficulties with observing the dispersal of insect vectors in the field have hampered
understanding of several aspects of their behaviour linked to disease transmission. Here, a …

Résumé L'objectif de cette étude est d'inventorier les différentes espèces d'anophèles
susceptibles de transmettre le paludisme et leur abondance saisonnière dans une zone de …

Desde una perspectiva de salud pública, los mosquitos constituyen el grupo más importante
de insectos debido a su potencial para actuar como vectores de diversos patógenos, como …