Recently, two alternative targets in insect periphery nerve system have been explored for
environmentally-friendly approaches in insect pest management, namely odorant-binding …

Highlights•Mosquitoes sense exhaled CO 2 and skin odor to find humans.•Attractive
odorants can be used as lures in mosquito traps.•Inhibitors of the mosquito CO 2 receptor …

Malaria is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The causative of the
most severe forms of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, has developed resistances against …

Hearing and vision sensory systems are tuned to the natural statistics of acoustic and
electromagnetic energy on earth and are evolved to be sensitive in ethologically relevant …

Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are small soluble proteins whose biological function is
believed to be facilitating olfaction by assisting the transport of volatile chemicals in both …

Among the efforts to reduce mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as malaria and dengue
fever, essential oils (EOs) have become increasingly popular as natural replacements for the …

Abstract Anopheles gambiae Odorant Binding Protein 1 in complex with the most widely
used insect repellent DEET, was the first reported crystal structure of an olfactory …

Mosquito-borne diseases are responsible for about one million death annually worldwide.
Especially in endemic regions, using repellents is a practical approach to preventing such …

In this work we report a fast and efficient virtual screening protocol for discovery of novel
bioinspired synthetic mosquito repellents with lower volatility and, in all likelihood, increased …

Dengue fever has spread worldwide and affects millions of people every year in tropical and
subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Since there is no effective vaccine …