Mosquitoes represent the major arthropod vectors of human disease worldwide transmitting
malaria, lymphatic filariasis, and arboviruses such as dengue virus and Zika virus …

Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are
becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re …

The radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) has successfully suppressed field
populations of several insect pest species, but its effect on mosquito vector control has been …

The holobiont concept was first developed for coral ecosystems but has been extended to
multiple organisms, including plants and other animals. Studies on insect-associated …

Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria that can suppress insect-borne
diseases through decreasing host virus transmission (population replacement) or through …

Background The combination of Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT) and
radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) can be used for population suppression of …

Drosophila suzukii, a vinegar fly originated from Southeast Asia, has recently invaded
western countries, and it has been recognized as an important threat of a wide variety of …

Background Important arboviral diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus
infections, are transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti vector. So far, controlling this vector …

Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

Background Wolbachia technology is a novel vector control approach that can reduce
mosquito populations and the risk of mosquito-borne diseases, which has recently gained …