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Exploiting Wolbachia as a Tool for Mosquito-Borne Disease Control: Pursuing Efficacy, Safety, and Sustainability [PDF]

Pathogens
Despite the application of control measures, mosquito-borne diseases continue to pose a serious threat to human health. In this context, exploiting Wolbachia, a common symbiotic bacterium in insects, may offer effective solutions to suppress vectors or ...
Riccardo Moretti, Jue Tao Lim, Alvaro Gil Araujo Ferreira, Luigi Ponti, Marta Giovanetti, Chow Jo Yi, Pranav Tewari, Maria Cholvi, Jacob Crawford, Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Stephen L. Dobson, Perran A. Ross   +11 more
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The Symbiotic Bacterial Profile of Laboratory-Reared and Field-Caught Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes from Greece [PDF]

Microorganisms
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive species capable of transmitting human pathogens. For population management, the sterile insect technique (SIT) is considered an effective and sustainable alternative to conventional methods ...
Elias Asimakis, Ioannis Galiatsatos, Georgia Apostolopoulou, Eleni C. Savvidou, Georgios Balatsos, Vasileios Karras, Vasiliki Evangelou, Eva Dionyssopoulou, Antonios Augustinos, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Antonios Michaelakis, Panagiota Stathopoulou, George Tsiamis   +12 more
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Effect of Wolbachia Infection and Adult Food on the Sexual Signaling of Males of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata

Insects, 2022
Sexual signaling is a fundamental component of sexual behavior of Ceratitis capitata that highly determines males’ mating success. Nutritional status and age are dominant factors known to affect males’ signaling performance and define the female decision
Georgios A. Kyritsis, Panagiota Koskinioti, Kostas Bourtzis, Nikos T. Papadopoulos   +3 more
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Survival-Larval Density Relationships in the Field and Their Implications for Control of Container-Dwelling Aedes Mosquitoes

Insects, 2022
Population density can affect survival, growth, development time, and adult size and fecundity, which are collectively known as density-dependent effects.
Katherine G. Evans, Zoey R. Neale, Brendan Holly, Cecilia C. Canizela, Steven A. Juliano   +4 more
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Combining sterile and incompatible insect techniques for the population suppression of Drosophila suzukii [PDF]

Journal of Pest Science, 2020
AbstractThe spotted wingDrosophila,Drosophila suzukii, has recently invaded Europe and the Americas, and it is a major threat for a wide variety of commercial soft fruits both in open field and greenhouse production systems.D. suzukiiinfests a wide range of ripening fruits, leading to substantial yield and revenue losses.
K. Nikolouli, F. Sassù, L. Mouton, C. Stauffer, K. Bourtzis   +4 more
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Wolbachia pipientis Associated With Tephritid Fruit Fly Pests: From Basic Research to Applications

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Members of the true fruit flies (family Tephritidae) are among the most serious agricultural pests worldwide, whose control and management demands large and costly international efforts. The need for cost-effective and environmentally friendly integrated
Mariana Mateos, Humberto Martinez Montoya, Silvia B. Lanzavecchia, Claudia Conte, Karina Guillén, Brenda M. Morán-Aceves, Jorge Toledo, Pablo Liedo, Elias D. Asimakis, Vangelis Doudoumis, Georgios A. Kyritsis, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Antonios A. Augustinos, Diego F. Segura, George Tsiamis   +14 more
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Different mechanisms of X-ray irradiation-induced male and female sterility in Aedes aegypti

BMC Biology, 2023
Background Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) is the major vector that transmits many diseases including dengue, Zika, and filariasis in tropical and subtropical regions.
Heng Zhang, Emma Trueman, Xinjun Hou, De Xian Chew, Lu Deng, Jonathan Liew, Tania Chia, Zhiyong Xi, Cheong Huat Tan, Yu Cai   +9 more
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Efficacy of Blood Sources and Artificial Blood Feeding Methods in Rearing of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) for Sterile Insect Technique and Incompatible Insect Technique Approaches in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2017
Introduction. Selection of the artificial membrane feeding technique and blood meal source has been recognized as key considerations in mass rearing of vectors. Methodology. Artificial membrane feeding techniques, namely, glass plate, metal plate, and Hemotek membrane feeding method, and three blood sources (human, cattle, and chicken) were evaluated ...
Gunathilaka N, Ranathunge T, Udayanga L, Abeyewickreme W.   +3 more
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Microbiome Innovation in Agriculture: Development of Microbial Based Tools for Insect Pest Management

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
This review emphasizes the potential and use of microbes in sustainable insect pest management. We first review the diverse insect traits shaped by insect-microbe associations that span nutrition, immunity, ecological interactions with natural enemy ...
Masroor Qadri, Sierra Short, Kalani Gast, Jordan Hernandez, Adam Chun-Nin Wong, Adam Chun-Nin Wong   +5 more
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Comparison of Irradiation and Wolbachia Based Approaches for Sterile-Male Strategies Targeting Aedes albopictus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The global expansion of Aedes albopictus together with the absence of vaccines for most of the arboviruses transmitted by this mosquito has stimulated the development of sterile-male strategies aiming at controlling disease transmission through the ...
Célestine M Atyame, Pierrick Labbé, Cyrille Lebon, Mylène Weill, Riccardo Moretti, Francesca Marini, Louis Clément Gouagna, Maurizio Calvitti, Pablo Tortosa   +8 more
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