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Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans): vector of African trypanosomiasis

“…Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human African trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Both sexes of adult tsetse feed exclusively on blood and…”
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Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans by Moyes, Catherine L., Vontas, John, Martins, Ademir J., Ng, Lee Ching, Koou, Sin Ying, Dusfour, Isabelle, Raghavendra, Kamaraju, Pinto, João, Corbel, Vincent, David, Jean-Philippe, Weetman, David

“…Both Aedes aegytpi and Ae. albopictus are major vectors of 5 important arboviruses (namely chikungunya virus, dengue virus, Rift Valley fever virus, yellow…”
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Suppression of a Field Population of Aedes aegypti in Brazil by Sustained Release of Transgenic Male Mosquitoes by Carvalho, Danilo O., McKemey, Andrew R., Garziera, Luiza, Lacroix, Renaud, Donnelly, Christl A., Alphey, Luke, Malavasi, Aldo, Capurro, Margareth L.

“…The increasing burden of dengue, and the relative failure of traditional vector control programs highlight the need to develop new control methods. SIT using…”
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Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection by Mesquita, Rafael D, Vionette-Amaral, Raquel J, Lowenberger, Carl, Rivera-Pomar, Rolando, Monteiro, Fernando A, Minx, Patrick, Spieth, John, Carvalho, A Bernardo, Panzera, Francisco, Lawson, Daniel, Torres, André Q, Ribeiro, Jose M C, Sorgine, Marcos H F, Waterhouse, Robert M, Montague, Michael J, Abad-Franch, Fernando, Alves-Bezerra, Michele, Amaral, Laurence R, Araujo, Helena M, Araujo, Ricardo N, Aravind, L, Atella, Georgia C, Azambuja, Patricia, Berni, Mateus, Bittencourt-Cunha, Paula R, Braz, Gloria R C, Calderón-Fernández, Gustavo, Carareto, Claudia M A, Christensen, Mikkel B, Costa, Igor R, Costa, Samara G, Dansa, Marilvia, Daumas-Filho, Carlos R O, De-Paula, Iron F, Dias, Felipe A, Dimopoulos, George, Emrich, Scott J, Esponda-Behrens, Natalia, Fampa, Patricia, Fernandez-Medina, Rita D, da Fonseca, Rodrigo N, Fontenele, Marcio, Fronick, Catrina, Fulton, Lucinda A, Gandara, Ana Caroline, Garcia, Eloi S, Genta, Fernando A, Giraldo-Calderón, Gloria I, Gomes, Bruno, Gondim, Katia C, Granzotto, Adriana, Guarneri, Alessandra A, Guigó, Roderic, Harry, Myriam, Hughes, Daniel S T, Jablonka, Willy, Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle, Juárez, M Patricia, Koerich, Leonardo B, Lange, Angela B, Latorre-Estivalis, José Manuel, Lavore, Andrés, Lawrence, Gena G, Lazoski, Cristiano, Lazzari, Claudio R, Lopes, Raphael R, Lorenzo, Marcelo G, Lugon, Magda D, Majerowicz, David, Marcet, Paula L, Mariotti, Marco, Masuda, Hatisaburo, Megy, Karine, Melo, Ana C A, Missirlis, Fanis, Mota, Theo, Noriega, Fernando G, Nouzova, Marcela, Nunes, Rodrigo D, Oliveira, Raquel L L, Oliveira-Silveira, Gilbert, Ons, Sheila, Orchard, Ian, Pagola, Lucia, Paiva-Silva, Gabriela O, Pascual, Agustina, Pavan, Marcio G, Pedrini, Nicolás, Peixoto, Alexandre A, Pereira, Marcos H, Pike, Andrew, Polycarpo, Carla, Prosdocimi, Francisco, Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Rodrigo, Robertson, Hugh M, Salerno, Ana Paula, Salmon, Didier, Santesmasses, Didac, Schama, Renata, Seabra-Junior, Eloy S

“…Rhodnius prolixus not only has served as a model organism for the study of insect physiology, but also is a major vector of Chagas disease, an illness that…”
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The invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus: current knowledge and future perspectives by Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Gasperi, Giuliano, Chen, Xioaguang, James, Anthony A.

“…•The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is currently the most invasive vector species worldwide.•Aedes albopictus are competent vectors for different…”
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The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito by Hammond, Andrew M., Kyrou, Kyros, Bruttini, Marco, North, Ace, Galizi, Roberto, Karlsson, Xenia, Kranjc, Nace, Carpi, Francesco M., D’Aurizio, Romina, Crisanti, Andrea, Nolan, Tony

“…Gene drives have enormous potential for the control of insect populations of medical and agricultural relevance. By preferentially biasing their own…”
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Impact of mosquito gene drive on malaria elimination in a computational model with explicit spatial and temporal dynamics by Eckhoff, Philip A, Wenger, Edward A, Godfray, H Charles J, Burt, Austin

“…The renewed effort to eliminate malaria and permanently remove its tremendous burden highlights questions of what combination of tools would be sufficient in…”
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Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies by Kandul, Nikolay P., Liu, Junru, Sanchez C., Hector M., Wu, Sean L., Marshall, John M., Akbari, Omar S.

“…The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally safe and proven technology to suppress wild populations. To further advance its utility, a novel…”
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History of domestication and spread of Aedes aegypti - A Review by Powell, Jeffrey R, Tabachnick, Walter J

“…The adaptation of insect vectors of human diseases to breed in human habitats (domestication) is one of the most important phenomena in medical entomology…”
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The role of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in insecticide resistance in crop pests and disease vectors by Pavlidi, Nena, Vontas, John, Van Leeuwen, Thomas

“…•GSTs confer resistance by metabolizing or sequestering insecticides or by protecting against oxidative stress caused by insecticides.•The role of BdGSTe2,…”
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Genome of the house fly, Musca domestica L., a global vector of diseases with adaptations to a septic environment by Scott, Jeffrey G, Warren, Wesley C, Beukeboom, Leo W, Bopp, Daniel, Clark, Andrew G, Giers, Sarah D, Hediger, Monika, Jones, Andrew K, Kasai, Shinji, Leichter, Cheryl A, Li, Ming, Meisel, Richard P, Minx, Patrick, Murphy, Terence D, Nelson, David R, Reid, William R, Rinkevich, Frank D, Robertson, Hugh M, Sackton, Timothy B, Sattelle, David B, Thibaud-Nissen, Francoise, Tomlinson, Chad, van de Zande, Louis, Walden, Kimberly KO, Wilson, Richard K, Liu, Nannan

“…Background Adult house flies, Musca domestica L., are mechanical vectors of more than 100 devastating diseases that have severe consequences for human and…”
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A maleness gene in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae by Krzywinska, Elzbieta, Dennison, Nathan J, Lycett, Gareth J, Krzywinski, Jaroslaw

“…The molecular pathways controlling gender are highly variable and have been identified in only a few nonmammalian model species. In many insects, maleness is…”
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Heritable strategies for controlling insect vectors of disease by Burt, Austin

“…Mosquito-borne diseases are causing a substantial burden of mortality, morbidity and economic loss in many parts of the world, despite current control efforts,…”
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Single mosquito metatranscriptomics identifies vectors, emerging pathogens and reservoirs in one assay by Batson, Joshua, Dudas, Gytis, Haas-Stapleton, Eric, Kistler, Amy L, Li, Lucy M, Logan, Phoenix, Ratnasiri, Kalani, Retallack, Hanna

“…Mosquitoes are major infectious disease-carrying vectors. Assessment of current and future risks associated with the mosquito population requires knowledge of…”
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Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationship between Species of the New Triatoma pseudomaculata Subcomplex (Hemiptera, Triatominae) and Proposal for the Creation of the Triatoma costalimai Subcomplex by da Silva Masarin, Isabella, de Oliveira, Jader, Visinho Dos Reis, Yago, Ravazi, Amanda, Fernandez Madeira, Fernanda, Cristina Antoniassi Fernandes Tadini, Samanta, Galvão, Cleber, Tercília Vilela de Azeredo-Oliveira, Maria, da Rosa, João Aristeu, Alevi, Kaio Cesar Chaboli

“…Triatomines are insects of great importance for public health, as they are vectors of protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The…”
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Three-way interactions between mosquito population, viral strain and temperature underlying chikungunya virus transmission potential by Zouache, Karima, Fontaine, Albin, Vega-Rua, Anubis, Mousson, Laurence, Thiberge, Jean-Michel, Lourenco-De-Oliveira, Ricardo, Caro, Valérie, Lambrechts, Louis, Failloux, Anna-Bella

“…Interactions between pathogens and their insect vectors in nature are under the control of both genetic and non-genetic factors, yet most studies on mosquito…”
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Midgut Microbiota of the Malaria Mosquito Vector Anopheles gambiae and Interactions with Plasmodium falciparum Infection by Boissière, Anne, Tchioffo, Majoline T., Bachar, Dipankar, Abate, Luc, Marie, Alexandra, Nsango, Sandrine E., Shahbazkia, Hamid R., Awono-Ambene, Parfait H., Levashina, Elena A., Christen, Richard, Morlais, Isabelle

“…The susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infections relies on complex interactions between the insect vector and the malaria parasite. A number…”
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Synthetic biology moving into the clinic by Ruder, Warren C, Lu, Ting, Collins, James J

“…Synthetic biology is an emerging field focused on engineering biomolecular systems and cellular capabilities for a variety of applications. Substantial…”
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single mutation in the GSTe2 gene allows tracking of metabolically based insecticide resistance in a major malaria vector by Riveron, Jacob M, Yunta, Cristina, Ibrahim, Sulaiman S, Djouaka, Rousseau, Irving, Helen, Menze, Benjamin D, Ismail, Hanafy M, Hemingway, Janet, Ranson, Hilary, Albert, Armando, Wondji, Charles S

“…BACKGROUND: Metabolic resistance to insecticides is the biggest threat to the continued effectiveness of malaria vector control. However, its underlying…”
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Invasion biology of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Kaufman, Michael G, Fonseca, Dina M

“…Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) has recently expanded beyond its native range of Japan and Korea into large parts of North America…”
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