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A plant virus manipulates the long-winged morph of insect vectors [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Feng Cui, Wan Zhao, Qiong Li
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Production of germ-free mosquitoes via transient colonisation allows stage-specific investigation of host–microbiota interactions

Nature Communications, 2021
Germ-free mosquitoes generated with current methods exhibit developmental deficits. Here, the authors use genetically modified bacteria to allow complete decolonisation at any developmental stage of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and show that bacteria support
Ottavia Romoli, Johan Claes Schönbeck, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Mathilde Gendrin   +3 more
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Acoustic communication in insect disease vectors [PDF]

, 2013
Acoustic signalling has been extensively studied in insect species, which has led to a better understanding of sexual communication, sexual selection and modes of speciation.
Ritchie, Michael Gordon, Vigoder, Felipe de Mello, Gibson, Gabriella, Gabriella Gibson, Michael Gordon Ritchie, Felipe de Mello Vigoder, Alexandre Afranio Peixoto, Peixoto, Alexandre Afranio   +7 more
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Transcription Dependent Loss of an Ectopically Expressed Variant Surface Glycoprotein during Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei

mBio, 2022
In the mammalian host, Trypanosoma brucei is coated in a single-variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) species. Stochastic switching of the expressed VSG allows the parasite to escape detection by the host immune system.
Emilia Jane McLaughlin, Karinna Rubio-Pena, Annick Dujeancourt-Henry, Lucy Glover   +3 more
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Learning and Memory in Disease Vector Insects [PDF]

Trends in Parasitology, 2016
Learning and memory plays an important role in host preference and parasite transmission by disease vector insects. Historically there has been a dearth of standardized protocols that permit testing their learning abilities, thus limiting discussion on the potential epidemiological consequences of learning and memory to a largely speculative extent ...
Vinauger, Clément, Lahondère, Chloé, Cohuet, Anna, Lazzari, Claudio, Riffell, Jeffrey   +4 more
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Insulated piggyBac vectors for insect transgenesis [PDF]

BMC Biotechnology, 2006
Abstract Background Germ-line transformation of insects is now a widely used method for analyzing gene function and for the development of genetically modified strains suitable for pest control programs. The most widely used transposable element for the germ-line transformation of insects is piggyBac.
Sarkar, Abhimanyu, Atapattu, Asela, Belikoff, Esther J., Heinrich, Jörg C., Li, Xuelei, Horn, Carsten, Wimmer, Ernst A., Scott, Maxwell J.   +7 more
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Rothamsted Insect Survey Online Database

, 2022
The Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) has been running two trap networks since 1964. Its long-term data are unique providing information on aphids, larger moths and many other migrating insects to scientists, growers, conservation organisations, individuals
Rothamsted Insect Survey
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Highly focused transcriptional response of Anopheles coluzzii to O’nyong nyong arbovirus during the primary midgut infection

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Anopheles mosquitoes are efficient vectors of human malaria, but it is unknown why they do not transmit viruses as well as Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.
Guillaume Carissimo, Adrien Pain, Eugeni Belda, Kenneth D. Vernick   +3 more
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Risk of yellow fever virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region

Nature Communications, 2020
Yellow fever is absent from the Asia/Pacific region, despite presence of the mosquito vector. Here, the authors demonstrate that mosquitoes collected from field sites across the region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus, indicating that ...
Lucy de Guilhem de Lataillade, Marie Vazeille, Thomas Obadia, Yoann Madec, Laurence Mousson, Basile Kamgang, Chun-Hong Chen, Anna-Bella Failloux, Pei-Shi Yen   +8 more
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Involvement of Microbiota in Insect Physiology: Focus on B Vitamins

mBio, 2023
Insects are highly successful in colonizing a wide spectrum of ecological niches and in feeding on a wide diversity of diets. This is notably linked to their capacity to get from their microbiota any essential component lacking in the diet such as ...
Javier Serrato-Salas, Mathilde Gendrin
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