Vector biology meets disease control: using basic research to fight vector-borne diseases

WR Shaw, F Catteruccia - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Human pathogens that are transmitted by insects are a global problem, particularly those
vectored by mosquitoes; for example, malaria parasites transmitted by Anopheles species …

Overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors

NA Ratcliffe, JP Furtado Pacheco, P Dyson… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen
transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing …

Chemical control and insecticide resistance status of sand fly vectors worldwide

S Balaska, EA Fotakis, A Chaskopoulou… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Phlebotomine sand flies are prominent vectors of Leishmania parasites that
cause leishmaniasis, which comes second to malaria in terms of parasitic causative fatalities …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated F1534S substitution in the voltage-gated sodium channel reveals its necessity and sufficiency for deltamethrin resistance in Aedes albopictus

Y Guo, J Zhou, Y Zhao, J Deng, X Su, J Tang… - Journal of Pest …, 2023 - Springer
Insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes presents a major challenge to the control of
arboviral diseases. However, resistance mechanisms for many of the insecticides remain …

Policy recommendations from transmission modeling for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

EA Le Rutte, LAC Chapman, LE Coffeng… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and 5 countries in the Indian subcontinent for elimination as a public …

Detection and functional characterization of sigma class GST in Phlebotomus argentipes and its role in stress tolerance and DDT resistance

F Hassan, KP Singh, V Ali, S Behera, P Shivam… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Several Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) enzymes, in insects, have previously
been implicated in resistance developed against DDT and other insecticides. The GST …

Wolbachia introduction into Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) cell lines and its effects on immune-related gene expression and interaction with …

D da Silva Gonçalves, I Iturbe-Ormaetxe… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background The leishmaniases are important neglected diseases caused by Leishmania
spp. which are transmitted by sand flies, Lutzomyia longipalpis being the main vector of …

[图书][B] Operational manual on leishmaniasis vector control, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation

World Health Organization - 2023 - books.google.com
Page 1 OPERATIONAL MANUAL ON LEISHMANIASIS VECTOR CONTROL,
SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION `● · . . . | . - ● - World Health …

Methods for detecting insecticide resistance in sand flies: a systematic review

D de Almeida Rocha, LM da Costa, GDÁC Pessoa… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
The classification of insecticide resistance in sand flies populations is based on concepts
and methodologies used to characterize the susceptibility profile in mosquitoes. This can …

Susceptibility status of the wild-caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the sand fly vector of visceral leishmaniasis, to different …

L Roy, S Uranw, K Cloots, T Smekens… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is targeted for elimination as a public health
problem in Nepal by 2023. For nearly three decades, the core vector control intervention in …