RNAi is applied as a new and safe method for pest control in agriculture but efficiency and
specificity of delivery of dsRNA trigger remains a critical issue. Various agents have been …

Arthropods, especially ticks and mosquitoes, are the vectors for a number of parasitic and
viral human diseases, including malaria, sleeping sickness, Dengue, and Zika, yet …

Mosquitoes not only transmit human and veterinary pathogens called arboviruses
(arthropod-borne viruses) but also harbor mosquito-associated insect-specific viruses …

Highlights•Densoviruses are widespread and infect many important mosquito
vectors.•Certain densovirus strains naturally lead to mosquito mortality.•Densoviruses have …

Although mosquitoes are major transmission vectors for pathogenic arboviruses, viral
infection has little impact on mosquito health. This immunity is caused in part by mosquito …

Efficient gene delivery technologies play an essential role in the gene functional analyses
that are necessary for basic and applied researches. Mosquitoes are ubiquitous insects …

Mosquito‐borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, Zika, and West Nile, have caused
substantial disease burdens to the people living in tropical and subtropical regions. Despite …

Culex pipiens densovirus (CpDV), a single stranded DNA virus, has been isolated from
Culex pipiens mosquitoes but differs from other mosquito densoviruses in terms of genome …

Mosquito-borne viral diseases (MBVDs) continue to pose a significant global public health
burden. Mosquito control remains a core intervention strategy in integrated mosquito …

Background Recent studies demonstrate that insect-specific viruses can influence the ability
of their mosquito hosts to become infected with and transmit arboviruses of medical and …