Insects combat infection by mounting powerful immune responses that are mediated by
hemocytes, the fat body, the midgut, the salivary glands and other tissues. Foreign …

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by parasites of the obligate intracellular
Apicomplexa phylum the most deadly of which, Plasmodium falciparum, prevails in Africa …

INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

Wolbachia strain w MelPop reduces the longevity of its Drosophila melanogaster host and,
when introduced into the mosquito Aedes aegypti, halves its life span. We show that w …

The mosquito midgut stages of malaria parasites are crucial for establishing an infection in
the insect vector and to thus ensure further spread of the pathogen. Parasite development in …

Nearly one million people are killed every year by the malaria parasite Plasmodium.
Although the disease-causing forms of the parasite exist only in the human blood …

Mosquitoes live under the endless threat of infections from different kinds of pathogens such
as bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The mosquito defends itself by employing both physical …

Melanization plays important roles in diverse physiological processes in insects including
wound healing, tanning of the cuticle and immunity. Upon infection, pattern recognition …

The multifaceted innate immune system of insects is capable of fighting infection by a variety
of pathogens including those causing human malaria. Malaria transmission by the …

Antibodies against the NANP repeat of circumsporozoite protein (CSP), the major surface
antigen of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites, can protect from malaria in animal …