Abstract Sporogonic development of cultured Plasmodium falciparum was compared in six species of Anopheles mosquitoes. A reference species, A. gambiae, was selected as the standard for comparison. Estimates of absolute densities were determined for each lifestage. From these data, four aspects of parasite population dynamics were analyzed quantitatively: 1) successive losses in abundance as parasites developed from gametocyte to ookinete to oocyst stages, 2) oocyst production of sporozoites, 3) correlation between various lifestage parameters, and 4) parasite distribution. Parasite populations in A. gambiae incurred a 316-fold loss in abundance during the transition from macrogametocyte to ookinete stage, a 100-fold loss from ookinete to oocyst stage, yielding a total loss of approximately 31,600-fold (i.e., losses are multiplicative). Comparative susceptibilities in order were A. freeborni ≫ A. gambiae, A. arabiensis, A. dirus > A. stephensi, A. albimanus. The key transition(s) determining overall

PAULA, Márcia Beatriz Cardoso de et al. Primeiro encontro de Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) na área urbana de Uberlândia, MG, concomitante com o relato de primeiro caso autóctone de leishmaniose visceral humana. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. [online]. 2008, vol.41, n.3, pp.304-305. ISSN 0037-8682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822008000300016.. Relata-se a primeira ocorrência do vetor da leishmaniose visceral, Lutzomyia longipalpis, na área urbana de Uberlândia, estado de Minas Gerais e o primeiro caso de leishmaniose visceral humana autóctone no município, notificado ao Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, por meio da Vigilância Epidemiológica da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Discute-se a importância deste encontro na transmissão da doença nessa área.. Keywords : Leishmaniose visceral; Transmissão; Ecologia de vetores; Lutzomyia longipalpis. ...

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The gonococcal isolates from 15 contact pairs and three large contact groups were examined using various methods to assess the stability of different typing markers. With the exception of one contact group which showed variable proline requirements, the auxotypes were stable during natural transmission. Serogrouping using the coagglutination method to detect W and M antigens was undertaken. The lipopolysaccharide M antigens were readily lost and gained during transmission whereas the protein W antigens represented stable markers and are thus useful for epidemiological studies.. ...

Native Bacillus strains from infected insects: a potent bacterial agent for controlling mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus.

Abstract The genetic qualities of laboratory colonies of phlebotomine sand flies have not been compared with field specimens despite 1) probable genetic shifts due to the colonization process and 2) the problems associated with the extrapolation of experimental data derived from colonized organisms to field populations. The present study compared the genetic profiles of five laboratory colonies of geographic strains of the New World sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis, and contrasted them with field populations. The profiles were based on the variability exhibited with polyacrylamide gels at 14 enzyme loci. A general pattern of a loss of infrequent alleles and decreased heterozygosity emerged as an apparent consequence of colonization. The average number of alleles per locus ranged from 1.2 to 1.6, and the average heterozygosity ranged from 4% to 11%. The field collection from Lapinha Caves (near Belo Horizonte, Brazil) averaged 2.1 alleles with a heterozygosity of 16%. In contrast, the LAPINHA laboratory

Such a high economic cost drives many attempts to find a solution; while dengue vaccines are being developed, most countries focus on vector control. This involves studying the biology and physiology of the vector, in this case, Ae. albopictus, in the hopes of understanding ways to control or limit the spread of the vector, and hence, any associated zoonotic diseases. In Singapore, many studies 49 43 45 50 have been funded to understand Ae. albopictus. This increased understanding of the various mosquito vectors in our environment in turn enables better policy-making, to better combat this public health issue. However, this is not a process that is close to completion. New emerging infectious diseases are always on the horizon; zika virus (ZIKV) is one of these potential new arboviruses 51 . While zika virus is usually spread by Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus has recently been proven to have potential to spread ZIKV 51 . Dengue control plans already in place in Singapore may mitigate the threat of ...

Such a high economic cost drives many attempts to find a solution; while dengue vaccines are being developed, most countries focus on vector control. This involves studying the biology and physiology of the vector, in this case, Ae. albopictus, in the hopes of understanding ways to control or limit the spread of the vector, and hence, any associated zoonotic diseases. In Singapore, many studies 49 43 45 50 have been funded to understand Ae. albopictus. This increased understanding of the various mosquito vectors in our environment in turn enables better policy-making, to better combat this public health issue. However, this is not a process that is close to completion. New emerging infectious diseases are always on the horizon; zika virus (ZIKV) is one of these potential new arboviruses 51 . While zika virus is usually spread by Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus has recently been proven to have potential to spread ZIKV 51 . Dengue control plans already in place in Singapore may mitigate the threat of ...

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Until mid-century climate change will act mainly by exacerbating health problems that already exist. New conditions may emerge under climate change, and existing diseases may extend their range into areas that are presently unaffected, the report said.. Gourbiere agrees with Agard and other regional researchers that there is need for solutions that are primarily focused on vector controls: eradication and effective controls of the Aedes aegypti could also eliminate the diseases they spread.. The failure of the newest vector control strategies also forced health professionals to revisit the old, but proven techniques developed with the guidance of researchers like Chadee, whose work on dengue and yellow fever, malaria and most recently the Zika virus had helped to guide the development of mosquito control, surveillance and control strategies in the Caribbean.. And while Zika brought with it several other serious complications like microcephaly, which affects babies born to women infected by the ...

1. Only the female Aedes mosquito bites as it needs the protein in blood to develop its eggs.. 2. The mosquito becomes infective approximately seven days after it has bitten a person carrying the virus. This is the extrinsic incubation period, during which time the virus replicates in the mosquito and reaches the salivary glands.. 3. Peak biting is at dawn and dusk.. 4. The average lifespan of an Aedes mosquito in Nature is two weeks.. 5. The mosquito can lay eggs about three times in its lifetime, and about 100 eggs are produced each time.. 6. The eggs can lie dormant in dry conditions for up to about nine months, after which they can hatch if exposed to favourable conditions, i.e. water and food.. ...

Suppression of dengue and malaria through releases of genetically engineered mosquitoes might soon become feasible. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying a conditionally lethal transgene have recently been used to suppress local vector populations in small-scale field releases. Prior to releases of transgenic insects on a wider scale, however, most regulatory authorities will require additional evidence that suppression will be effective in natural heterogeneous habitats. We use a spatially explicit stochastic model of an Ae. aegypti population in Iquitos, Peru, along with an uncertainty analysis of its predictions, to quantitatively assess the outcome of varied operational approaches for releases of transgenic strains with conditional death of females. We show that population elimination might be an unrealistic objective in heterogeneous populations. We demonstrate that substantial suppression can nonetheless be achieved if releases are deployed in a uniform spatial pattern using strains combining multiple

The EliminateMalaria site is managed by URC who has over 50 years experience helping clients expand the coverage and quality of high-impact, evidence-based health and social services through management of large, complex grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements in over 50 developing and middle-income countries on behalf of USAID, the World Bank (WB), World Health Organization (WHO), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and other donors. URCs involvement in malaria prevention and control spans more than three decades in over a dozen countries. Projects have focused on vector control efforts, improving early diagnosis and treatment, capacity building of malaria staff at all levels ranging from improved supportive supervision to increased laboratory capacity, and increasing the collection, reporting and use of strategic information for malaria programming including surveillance of drug-resistance, entomological studies, and diagnostic and treatment studies.. © 2019 Eliminate Malaria ...

Reduction or elimination of vector populations will tend to reduce or eliminate transmission of vector-borne diseases. One potential method for environmentally-friendly, species-specific population control is the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). SIT has not been widely used against insect disease vectors such as mosquitoes, in part because of various practical difficulties in rearing, sterilization and distribution. Additionally, vector populations with strong density-dependent effects will tend to be resistant to SIT-based control as the population-reducing effect of induced sterility will tend to be offset by reduced density-dependent mortality. We investigated by mathematical modeling the effect of manipulating the stage of development at which death occurs (lethal phase) in an SIT program against a density-dependence-limited insect population. We found late-acting lethality to be considerably more effective than early-acting lethality. No such strains of a vector insect have been described, so as a

Background: Climate change is likely to alter significantly the landscape of vector-borne diseases, as development of the vector as well as the pathogen is temperature-dependent [1]. In addition, temperature can alter vector competence, the ability of a vector to acquire, maintain and transmit a pathogen [2, 3]. However, the nature of this relationship is poorly understood. The insect immune system is a likely player at the intersection of temperature, insect physiology and vectorial capacity. Not only can the immune system of a given insect species reduce its competence to vector particular pathogens [4, 5]- it also is required for the individuals survival [6, 7] and influences fitness [8, 9]. The insect immune system is affected by a number of environmental factors including nutrition [10, 11], and temperature [12, 13]. However, surprisingly few studies have explored the consequences of temperature fluctuations and seasonality on the immune system of important insect vector species [14]. ...

Abstract: Identifying important nodes for disease spreading is a central topic in network epidemiology. We investigate how well the position of a node, characterized by standard network measures, can predict its epidemiological importance in any graph of a given number of nodes. This is in contrast to other studies that deal with the easier prediction problem of ranking nodes by their epidemic importance in given graphs. As a benchmark for epidemic importance, we calculate the exact expected outbreak size given a node as the source. We study exhaustively all graphs of a given size, so do not restrict ourselves to certain generative models for graphs, nor to graph data sets. Due to the large number of possible nonisomorphic graphs of a fixed size, we are limited to 10-node graphs. We find that combinations of two or more centralities are predictive ($R^2$ scores of 0.91 or higher) even for the most difficult parameter values of the epidemic simulation. Typically, these successful combinations ...

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Despite centuries of control efforts, mosquito-borne diseases are flourishing worldwide. With a disproportionate effect on children and adolescents, these conditions are responsible for substantial global morbidity and mortality. Malaria kills more than 1 million children annually, chiefly in sub-Sa …

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A vector in biology is an animal on or in which a small living thing gets transported. The vector gets no benefit and sometimes loses fitness by the arrangement. The term is most used for the transport of parasites and agents of disease. So, deadly diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, are carried by some mosquitoes. The study of vectors gives us knowledge about the life cycle of parasitic diseases, and this helps us control those diseases. ...

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|p||i|Parasites & Vectors|/i| focusses on all aspects of the biology of parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens. Broader issues, for example economics, social sciences and global climate change in relation to parasites, are also covered. The journal hosts the BugBitten blog and awards the Odile Bain Memorial Prize annually for outstanding contributions by early-career scientists to medical and veterinary parasitology. |i|Parasites & Vectors |/i|also publishes a wide range of collections of related articles, from the pharmaceutical industry, academia and others.|/p|

by Roger Mason. People have been asking me about hepatitis-C because two per cent of the American population is infected with it. This is in ADDITION to all the other types of hepatitis.. Even worse, four per cent- one in twenty five- people in the world have hepatitis-C. Thats right, we have about 250 million people in the world with hepatitis-C, plus all the other six types we know about so far.. There is four times as much hepatitis-C as AIDS, yet AIDS gets all the press, all the attention and most all the research money due to political influence. We cannot even define what a virus is much less treat a virus. Thats right, we have almost no anti-viral drugs and were in the Dark Ages regarding knowledge and treatment of viruses of any type. It was only identified in 1989 and blood transfusions were the main cause as no one could test for the virus.. We just dont know the actual statistics in most countries, but we can estimate the minimum infection rate. It is estimated that ten per cent ...

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the wild. >(8 min 35 sec) Learn the process by which a line of genetically modified mosquitoes was engineered to reduce populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the wild. ...

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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (August 25) that the monthly ovitrap index for Aedes albopictus for July rose slightly to 10.6 per cent from 10.2...

Say, suggesting that it could be used to clone fragments of this gene in a number of other mosquito species. Primers were also designed to specifically amplify rp49 cDNA fragments in An. aquasalis and Ae. aegypti, showing that rp49 could be used as a good constitutive control in gene expression studies of these and other vectorially important mosquito species ...

To better understand how opinions affect the success of a control campaign, researchers coupled a mathematical model of the spread of a disease with a model of human behaviour that incorporates findings from a survey of growers.. To successfully combat a crop-threatening disease, it may be more important to educate growers about the effectiveness of control strategies than to emphasise the risk posed by the disease, according to new research by Alice Milne of Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, U.K., and colleagues.. Disease-control campaigns help to combat plant pathogens that threaten to spread among crops, but are only successful if they are sufficiently well coordinated and if enough growers and other stakeholders comply, the researchers suggested. However, most mathematical models of disease control are said to have neglected how peoples opinions about disease-control strategies influence their decision to participate.. To better understand how opinions affect the success of a control ...

A GMO plant can be grown organically, but that wouldnt immediately change the DNA/RNA. Over generations if whatever changes were made fail to pass on, then yes the plants offspring could return to a non-modified state. Its depends on how much has been changed too. But considering there are vectors that can swap and move DNA/RNA; you can not safely depend on GMO factors failing to breed out.. If there are vectors swapping DNA/RNA anyways, then why is it a problem? Usually the vectors only have a select group of related species that they host/prey on; limiting what gene pools are getting DNA swapped. GMO products use genes from wildly different species (i.e. jellyfish and cats), and so far we know DNA/RNA are very delicately sequenced and ordered to make an organism function well. Because GMO products are often rushed to production before being thoroughly tested and they could be introducing very harmful genes that are otherwise not present in that species gene pool. The irony is plants that ...

Hamer, Gabriel - Texas A&M University (TAMU) Scholar profile, educations, publications, research, grants, awards, courses, concepts, and topics. Research in the Hamer Lab broadly investigates the ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wild animals, and domestic animals, with particular attention to those transmitted by arthropod vectors (e.g. mosquitoes, ticks, kissing bugs). We have focused primarily on vector-host interactions that lead to parasite amplification and increased disease risk. We utilize multidisciplinary tools to studying these complex disease systems, including molecular biology, landscape epidemiology, eco-immunology, and ecological modeling. A goal of our research is to elucidate mechanisms of transmission across space and time that facilitate ecological management of diseases with effective intervention and preventative strategies.

This course is the study of arthropods that affect the health of man and animals. The study includes a brief account of introductory entomology and that of the ticks, insects, and sites of medical importance, both as vectors and as the causal agents of pathological conditions. Seeks understanding of the principle of the vector-host relationship. Since this course also is offered for graduate credit, a differentiation of requirements will be made.. ...

This week the Senate has unleashed a damage control campaign, sending out numerous e-mails to those who have been complaining over the past few weeks. The goal of these letters is to calm apprehensions about dietary supplements and seek to convince everyone that dietary supplements are not in any danger. I thank those of you who have sent me your Senators spin, and no letter was better than the one I received from my Senator, Norm Coleman (R-MN). I am taking the liberty of answering his form letter publicly, as it is reflective of the arguments the Senate is using to confuse and pacify the American public. The following Coleman statements are extracted from his e-mail. Coleman: I am very concerned with the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) efficiency in reviewing prescriptions drugs as well as its track record on appropriate enforcement. Richards: Then why didnt you vote for the Grassley and Durbin amendments that would have given some real meaning to drug safety at the FDA? And why didnt ...

Aedes albopictus larvae cells (C6/36). Need Help, please. - posted in Cell Biology: Hi, everyone, I have a problem with my C636 cells, today all of them seemed dead. Well, Im using Leibovitz - 15 medium with no buffer system. Incubation at 28 °C with no CO2. And additional of conjugated Penicillin/Streptomycin and Anfotericin B. I dont know what happened, the cells was just fine in one bottle, and then, after subculture to 2 new flasks: all dead. Beside...

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York, identified six patients who were infected by a newly identified bacteria they named Borrelia mayonii.

The Clackamas County Vector Control District is responsible for control of flies and mosquitoes within Clackamas County. Control of these vectors is not intended to be total eradication since the concept of total eradication is unachievable and environmentally unsound, requiring unacceptable quantities of pesticide. The goals of the District, therefore, are to limit the number of vectors thus reducing annoyance and the likelihood of vector borne disease for persons living in the District.. ...

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The biophysical environment plays an important role in the spatio-temporal abundance and distribution of mosquitoes. This has implications for the spread of vectors and diseases they cause across diverse landscapes. Here, we assessed vector mosquito abundances in relation to large water bodies, from three malaria districts in a semi-arid environment. ...

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Q10 If vector {a} = ( {i}+2 hat{j}-3 hat{k} ) and vector {b} = ( 3 {i} - hat{j}+2 hat{k} ) then the angle between ( vector {a} + vec{b} ) and ( vector

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Algorithm design can feel technical and abstract. They are anything but, as they can be major vectors for bias to creep into algorithms.

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1] M.F. Atiyah: Vector Bundles over an Elliptic Curve. Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 7 (1957) 414-452. , MR 131423 , Zbl 0084.17305 [2] D. Gieseker: On the Moduli of Vector Bundles on an Algebraic Surface, preprint. , MR 466475 , Zbl 0381.14003 [3] A. Grothendieck and J. Dieudonné: Éléments de Géométrie Algébrique, 4. Pub. Math. I.H.E.S., 24, 1965. , Numdam , MR 199181 , Zbl 0135.39701 [4] A. Grothendieck and J. Dieudonné: Éléments de Géométrie Algebrique, 2. Pub. Math. I.H.E.S., 8, 1961. , Numdam [5] A. Grothendieck and J. Dieudonné: Éléments de Géométrie Algébrique, 2. , Numdam , Zbl 0227.14001 [6] A. Grothendieck and J. Dieudonné: Éléments de Géométrie Algébrique, 3. Pub. Math. I.H.E.S., 17, 1963. , Numdam , MR 163911 , Zbl 0122.16102 [7] A. Grothendieck and J. Dieudonné: Éléments de Géométrie Algébrique, 4, Pub. Math. I.H.E.S., 28, 1966. , Numdam , MR 217086 , Zbl 0144.19904 [8] A. Grothendieck: Sur la classification des fibrés holomorphes sur la sphère de Riemann. ...

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Studies on the roles of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes in the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti in Makurdi, Nigeria across four localities: High-level, Wurukum, North- bank and Wadata were undertaken from July, 2011 to June, 2012. 1,681 adult female mosquitoes were identified and dissected with the aid of standard keys and procedures to determine their incrimination rates with microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti. 1,040 (61.87%) of these were Anopheles gambiae sensu lato while 641 (38.13%) were Anopheles funestus. The results showed a significant difference ( between the mosquito species and their abundance. The overall microfilarial incrimination rate was 5.77% (97/1,681); Anopheles gambiae s.l. was more incriminated (3.57%) than Anopheles funestus (2.20%). The incrimination rates differed significantly ( between the two mosquito species surveyed. ANOVA also showed significant variations (P < 0.05) in the microfilarial incrimination rates across the localities and ...

Author Summary The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly invasive mosquito and has spread from South East Asia to Europe, the United States and northern areas of Asia in the past 30 years. Aedes mosquitoes transmit a range of viral diseases, including dengue and chikungunya. Aedes albopictus is generally considered to be somewhat less of a concern in this regard than Aedes aegypti. However a recent mutation in the chikungunya virus dramatically increased its transmission by Aedes albopictus, causing an important outbreak in the Indian Ocean in 2006 that eventually reached Italy in 2007. This highlights the potential importance of this mosquito, which can thrive much further from the Equator than can Aedes aegypti. This paper describes the first genetic engineering of the Asian tiger mosquito. This is an essential step towards the development of genetics-based control methods against this mosquito, and also an invaluable tool for basic research. We describe both transposon-based and site

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly successful invasive species that transmits a number of human viral diseases, including dengue and Chikungunya fevers. This species has a large genome with significant population-based size variation. The complete genome sequence was determined for the Foshan strain, an established laboratory colony derived from wild mosquitoes from southeastern China, a region within the historical range of the origin of the species. The genome comprises 1,967 Mb, the largest mosquito genome sequenced to date, and its size results principally from an abundance of repetitive DNA classes. In addition, expansions of the numbers of members in gene families involved in insecticide-resistance mechanisms, diapause, sex determination, immunity, and olfaction also contribute to the larger size. Portions of integrated flavivirus-like genomes support a shared evolutionary history of association of these viruses with their vector. The large genome repertory may ...

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Chagas disease is a major public health problem in Latin America. Its etiologic agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is mainly transmitted through the contaminated faeces of blood-sucking insects called triatomines. Triatoma infestans is the main vector in various countries in South America and recently, several foci of wild populations of this species have been described in Bolivia and other countries. These wild populations are suspected of affecting the success of insecticide control campaigns being carried out in South America. To assess the risk that these T. infestans populations pose to human health, it is helpful to determine blood meal sources. In the present work, blood meals were identified in various Bolivian wild T. infestans populations and in three specific areas, in both wild and intra-peridomestic populations to assess the links between wild and domestic cycles of T. cruzi transmission. PCR-HDA and sequencing of Cytb gene were used to identify these blood meal sources. Fourteen vertebrate species

A new mosquito species, know as Asian tiger mosquitoes, is invading the Northeast region of the United States. They are joined by ticks, cicadas and other mosquitoes.

CITY NEWS SERVICE. EL MONTE - An aggressive species of mosquito responsible for outbreaks of dengue virus in Florida, Hawaii and Texas has been found in El Monte, officials said Tuesday.. Asian tiger mosquitoes are aggressive biters and active during daylight hours, as well as at dusk and dawn, according to the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, the agency responsible for mosquito control in the area.. Our goal is to eradicate this population, said Kenn Fujioka, the districts assistant manager. We definitely do not want this mosquito to become established in our communities.. The black-and-white striped insect, about a quarter-inch long, is a native of tropical and subtropical Southeast Asia and has not been seen in the San Gabriel Valley since 2001, when they were accidentally imported in shipments of plants called Lucky Bamboo.. The pest can transmit many serious diseases, including dengue fever, yellow fever; chikungunya, which is similar to dengue fever; ...

The work included in this thesis arose from a long-standing interest in the possible use of genetic control for one of the most important malaria vectors in Africa, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto. It was hoped that the genes involved in animal biting in the sibling species Anopheles quadriannulatus could be exploited by crossing with An. gambiae s. s. and using the fertile female hybrids for successive backcrosses to An. gambiae s. s.. It was envisaged that this method could be used in an attempt to produce a mosquito stock that is harmless to humans because it is zoophilic but with the genetic background of An. gambiae s. s. so that there would be no barriers to cross-mating in the wild. The innate host preference of mosquitoes can be determined in the laboratory using an olfactometer, or in the field using baits. Host-selection patterns in nature are often affected by external factors, which may or may not mask the host preference of the mosquito species in question (discussed in section ...

The Asian tiger mosquito is an invasive mosquito species that is known to be a vector for a wide range of mosquito-borne illness and disease. Learn more on our blog.

Background Dengue and chikungunya are global re-emerging mosquito-borne diseases. In Singapore, sustained vector control coupled with household improvements reduced domestic mosquito populations for the past 45 years, particularly the primary vector Aedes aegypti. However, while disease incidence was low for the first 30 years following vector control implementation, outbreaks have re-emerged in the past 15 years. Epidemiological observations point to the importance of peridomestic infection in areas not targeted by control programs. We investigated the role of vectors in peri-domestic areas. Methods We carried out entomological surveys to identify the Aedes species present in vegetated sites in highly populated areas and determine whether mosquitoes were present in open-air areas frequented by people. We compared vector competence of Aedes albopictus and Aedes malayensis with Ae. aegypti after oral infection with sympatric dengue serotype 2 and chikungunya viruses. Mosquito saliva was tested ...

Oxitec scientists have reported the creation of a new flightless strain of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. The breakthrough, reported in the jo

Experts say an extremely aggressive and an obnoxious breed of mosquitoes called the Asian Tiger Mosquito is going to swarm New Jersey.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primary vectors of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses. Ae. aegypti is highly anthropophilic and relies nearly exclusively on human blood meals and habitats for reproduction. Socioeconomic factors may influence the spread of Ae. aegypti due to its close relationship with humans. This paper describes and summarizes the published literature on how socioeconomic variables influence the distribution of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes in the mainland United States. A comprehensive search of PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and EBSCO Academic Search Complete through June 12, 2019 was used to retrieve all articles published in English on the association of socioeconomic factors and the distribution of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. Additionally, a hand search of mosquito control association websites was conducted in an attempt to identify relevant grey literature. Articles were screened for eligibility using the process described in the Preferred Reporting Items for

Kurscheid, S., Lew-Tabor, A.E., Rodriguez Valle, M., Bruyeres, A.G., Doogan, V.J., Munderloh, U.G. et al. (2009) Evidence of a tick RNAi pathway by comparative genomics and reverse genetics screen of targets with known loss-of-function phenotypes in Drosophila. BMC Mol Biol 10: 26 ...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2016 (SKNIS): Local retired entomologist Dr. Sam Rawlins said that it is possible to reduce the prevalence of the zika-carrying aedes aegypti mosquito if all members of the community become involved in what he terms integrated vector management.. Im preaching the message of integrated vector management for disease transmission interruption, Dr. Rawlins said. And what I mean by that, is using all the tools that we have and using them in a rational combination of all the methods. We and our partners can collaborate in reducing these habitats and using the various tools because theres a whole range of tools that we have.. Dr. Rawlins explained that while there are approximately 13 species of mosquito on-island, the one that causes the greatest threat is the aedes aegypti mosquito because of its disease-carrying capability.. The integrated method includes using tools such as environmental control that involves emptying and removing containers that can ...

Background: The impact of global climate change on the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases is the subject of extensive debate. The transmission of mosquito-borne viral diseases is particularly complex, with climatic variables directly affecting many parameters associated with the prevalence of disease vectors. While evidence shows that warmer temperatures often decrease the extrinsic incubation period of an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus), exposure to cooler temperatures often predisposes disease vector mosquitoes to higher infection rates. RNA interference (RNAi) pathways are essential to antiviral immunity in the mosquito; however, few experiments have explored the effects of temperature on the RNAi machinery. Methodology/Principal Findings: We utilized transgenic sensor strains of Aedes aegypti to examine the role of temperature on RNA silencing. These sensor strains express EGFP only when RNAi is inhibited; for example, after knockdown of the effector proteins Dicer-2 ...

The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, spread by triatomine vectors, affects over 100 mammalian species throughout the Americas, including humans, in whom it causes Chagas disease. In the U.S., only a few autochthonous cases have been documented in humans, but prevalence is high in sylvatic hosts (primarily raccoons in the southeast and woodrats in Texas). The sylvatic transmission of T. cruzi is spread by the vector species Triatoma sanguisuga and Triatoma gerstaeckeri biting their preferred hosts and thus creating multiple interacting vector-host cycles. The goal of this study is to quantify the rate of contacts between different host and vector species native to Texas using an agent-based model framework. The contact rates, which represent bites, are required to estimate transmission coefficients, which can be applied to models of infection dynamics. In addition to quantitative estimates, results confirm host irritability (in conjunction with host density) and vector starvation thresholds and ...

The municipality of Ilhéus, State of Bahia, has a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis where entomological studies were carried out to determine the sand fly species and their habits. Lutzomyia migonei, L. sallesi, L. tupynambai, L. schreiberi, L. intermedia, L. whitmani, L. yuilli yuilli, L. fisch...

JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research, today announced that its Coverage2Control campaign swayed Anthem, Americas second-largest health insurance company, to cover artificial pancreas systems. Anthem changed its policy after engaging with JDRF, hearing from the T1D community, and closely evaluating additional...

Background: Despite great achievements by insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) in reducing malaria transmission, it is unlikely these tools will be sufficient to eliminate malaria transmission on their own in many settings today. Fortunately, field experiments indicate that there are many promising vector control interventions that can be used to complement ITNs and/or IRS by targeting a wide range of biological and environmental mosquito resources. The majority of these experiments were performed to test a single vector control intervention in isolation; however, there is growing evidence and consensus that effective vector control with the goal of malaria elimination will require a combination of interventions. Read More ...

The Genetics Society of America (GSA), founded in 1931, is the professional membership organization for scientific researchers and educators in the field of genetics. Our members work to advance knowledge in the basic mechanisms of inheritance, from the molecular to the population level.. Online ISSN: 1943-2631. ...

Zika is primarily spread by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is active mostly in the daytime.[44][45] The mosquitos must feed on blood to lay eggs.[46]:2 The virus has also been isolated from a number of arboreal mosquito species in the genus Aedes, such as A. africanus, A. apicoargenteus, A. furcifer, A. hensilli, A. luteocephalus, and A. vittatus, with an extrinsic incubation period in mosquitoes around 10 days.[21]. The true extent of the vectors is still unknown. Zika has been detected in many more species of Aedes, along with Anopheles coustani, Mansonia uniformis, and Culex perfuscus, although this alone does not incriminate them as vectors.[45] To detect the presence of the virus usually requires genetic material to be analysed in a lab using the technique RT-PCR. A much cheaper and faster method involves shining a light at the head and thorax of the mosquito, and detecting chemical compounds characteristic of the virus using near-infrared spectroscopy.[47]. Transmission by A. ...

The Amazon basin probably has the highest diversity of phlebotomine sandflies worldwide (Alves et al. 2012). Besides that, the Amazon basin has a high...

Professor: Its a species that can be controlled through education. David Jamieson, biology professor at Crowder College Cassville, wants to educate Barry County residents about an insect of Southeast Asian origin the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) that has been documented in local backyards, and is a potential vector of exotic viruses. The mosquito, which is distinguished by its small size, salt-and-pepper-colored body, and a stripe along its back, prefers to lay its eggs in small areas such as flower pots, dog bowls, bird baths, swimming pools and discarded tires. Really, any small container in suburban back yards capable of holding water for about two weeks is a potential Aedes albopictus breeding site, said Jamieson. I once collected hundreds of tiger mosquito larvae from a plastic swimming pool that had been discarded in a back yard here in Cassville. The female then has only a short flight to your veins, which contain the energy-rich food she needs to make eggs. As one of ...

Based on the well-known k-mer model, we propose a k-mer natural vector model for representing a genetic sequence based on the numbers and distributions of k-mers in the sequence. We show that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between a genetic sequence and its associated k-mer natural vector. The k-mer natural vector method can be easily and quickly used to perform phylogenetic analysis of genetic sequences without requiring evolutionary models or human intervention. Whole or partial genomes can be handled more effective with our proposed method. It is applied to the phylogenetic analysis of genetic sequences, and the obtaining results fully demonstrate that the k-mer natural vector method is a very powerful tool for analysing and annotating genetic sequences and determining evolutionary relationships both in terms of accuracy and efficiency ...

Stay inside and bring pets indoors if possible. Close doors and windows, and turn off fans that bring outdoor air inside the home. Cover ornamental fishponds to avoid direct exposure. Rinse fruits and vegetables from your garden with water before cooking or eating. Beekeepers and those with insects kept outdoors are encouraged to shelter hives and habitats during treatments. You may resume normal activities 30 minutes after the treatment. Vector Control will continue to conduct trapping for Aedes mosquitoes in the area and nearby locations for several weeks.. Information about chikungunya, dengue and the Zika virus can be found on the National Centers for Disease Control and Preventions website.. Two types of Aedes mosquitoes - the Aedes aegypti, yellow-fever mosquito and the Aedes albopictus, Asian tiger mosquito - are not native to San Diego and dont really like our climate. They were found in San Diego County for the first time in 2014 and 2015. To date, they have been found in relatively ...

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Abstract: Aedes invasive mosquitoes (AIMs) play a key role as vectors of several pathogens of public health relevance. Four species have been established in Europe, including Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes japonicus and Aedes koreicus. In addition, Aedes atropalpus has been repeatedly recorded although it has not yet been established. In spite of their importance in the transmission of endemic (e.g., heartworms) and imported pathogens (e.g., dengue virus), basic information of parameters affecting their vectorial capacity is poorly investigated. The aim of this study is to review the blood feeding patterns of these invasive mosquito species in Europe, summarizing available information from their native and introduced distribution ranges. The feeding patterns of mosquitoes constitute a key parameter affecting the contact rates between infected and susceptible hosts, thus playing a central role in the epidemiology of mosquito-borne pathogens. Our results highlight that these mosquito ...

Stay inside and bring pets indoors if possible. Close doors and windows, and turn off fans that bring outdoor air inside the home. Cover ornamental fishponds to avoid direct exposure. Rinse fruits and vegetables from your garden with water before cooking or eating. Beekeepers and those with insects kept outdoors are encouraged to shelter hives and habitats during treatments. You may resume normal activities 30 minutes after the treatment. Vector Control will continue to conduct trapping for Aedes mosquitoes in the area and nearby locations for several weeks.. Information about chikungunya, dengue and the Zika virus can be found on the National Centers for Disease Control and Preventions website.. Two types of Aedes mosquitoes - the Aedes aegypti, yellow-fever mosquito and the Aedes albopictus, Asian tiger mosquito - are not native to San Diego and dont really like our climate. They were found in San Diego County for the first time in 2014 and 2015. To date, they have been found in relatively ...

MosquitoMate will only release male mosquitoes. When these good mosquitoes mate with bad female Asian tiger mosquitoes in the wild, they produce eggs that wont hatch. Over time, populations of Asian tiger mosquitoes will begin to die off. This method of getting rid of disease-ridden mosquitoes has been tested extensively in Brazil ...

Background Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are effective vector control equipment that drive back malaria. old had been tested for attacks (will be the predominant malaria vectors in the region [22]. Annual rounds of IRS using the pyrethroid lambdacyhalothrin (ICON 10CS, Syngenta, Basel, Switzerland) had been conducted by the study Triangle Institute (RTI) in Muleba region to regulate malaria between 2007 and 2011. Level of resistance to DDT and pyrethroids, and emerging level of resistance to carbamates have already been reported [22]. Research design This research was a second evaluation of three post-intervention cross-sectional home surveys which were conducted within a two-arm CRT in 2012. The trial likened the prevalence price (by itself or in blended infections as discovered with the RDT. All statistical inference allowed for within cluster relationship of responses with a sturdy variance estimator to calculate regular errors (Stata study instructions, ...

2880 BG-1 Sentinel Trap (NSN: 3740-01-628-9326)- This innovative and superior mosquito trap is a result of over 16 years of thorough scientific research at the University of Regensburg, Germany. It was developed for scientists and researchers to monitor the yellow fever mosquito, also known as the dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. During its use on different continents, it became evident that the trap also catches other mosquito species and anthropophilic insects. It is intended for use by professionals only.. Numerous independent scientific studies have been conducted with the trap worldwide, and it has been successfully proven to be one of the most effective mosquito traps on the market. It is used and tested all over the world by independent organizations.. The trap incorporates patented, as well as patent-pending technology. It mimics the convection currents that are created by a human body via artificially generated air plumes, employs ...

Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: The biting midge Culicoides sonorensis, a known arboviral insect vector, has been implicated as a possible vector for vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in the western United States. Within a competent insect vector, virus from a meal must be able to penetrate the midgut barrier, infect the midgut epithelium, replicate, and disseminate to the epidemiologically significant organs; salivary glands and eggs. This amplification and dissemination must occur without significant damage to the insects cells. Infection studies were performed in both Culicoides cell lines and insects to examine the replication of VSV. In vitro, Culicoides cells were susceptible and permissive. VSV infections were productive and persistent resulting in little or no cytopathology or apoptosis. In vivo, RT-PCR, in situ hybridization and electron microscopy revealed that VSV was able to escape the midgut barrier, disseminate quickly and replicate in epithelial, neural and hemolymph ...

Anopheles gambiae sensu lato IS a major vector of malaria in western Kenya where environmental conditions are highly conducive for its survival and reproduction. Breeding mostly occurs in newly formed small and transient water bodies but as the habitats age they may become unattractive for breeding of the species. The aim of this study was to deduce some of the ecological implications of this strategy of early colonization of breeding sites by Anopheles gambiae s.l. Ten semi-natural habitats (5 small and 5 large) were studied longitudinally (sampled same population over time) for a period of 12 weeks with daily sampling of all larval and pupal stages and quantification of all other identifiable aquatic fauna. This was followed by a final census and retrieval of all inhabitants of each habitat. A new set of 10 habitats was investigated together with the old habitats using the same procedures for an additional period of 9 weeks. Larval cohorts lasting on average twelve days were easily noticeable ...

Anopheles gambiae AGER protein: AGER - EGFR ortholog from Anopheles; from the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae: orthologs from Drosophila, human, mouse & chicken; Genbank, AJ301655 and AJ304406

Aedes aegypti is arguably the most studied of all mosquito species in the laboratory and is the primary vector of both Dengue and Yellow Fever flaviviruses in the field. A large number of transcriptional studies have been made in the species and these usually report transcript quantities observed at a certain age or stage of development. However, circadian oscillation is an important characteristic of gene expression in many animals and plants, modulating both their physiology and behavior. Circadian gene expression in mosquito species has been previously reported but for only a few genes directly involved in the function of the molecular clock. Herein we analyze the transcription profiles of 21,494 messenger RNAs using an Ae. aegypti Agilent® microarray. Transcripts were quantified in adult female heads at 24 hours and then again at 72 hours and eight subsequent time points spaced four hours apart. We document circadian rhythms in multiple molecular pathways essential for growth, development, immune

Alphaviruses are arthropod-borne viruses and are predominantly transmitted via mosquito vectors. This vector preference by alphaviruses raises the important question of the determinants that contribute to vector competence. There are several tissue barriers of the mosquito that the virus must overcome in order to establish a productive infection. Of importance are the midgut, basal lamina and the salivary glands. Infection of the salivary glands is crucial for virus transmission during the mosquitos subsequent bloodfeed. Other factors that may contribute to vector competence include the microflora and parasites present in the mosquito, environmental conditions, the molecular determinants of the virus to adapt to the vector, as well as the effect of co-infection with other viruses. Though mosquito innate immunity is a contributing factor to vector competence, it will not be discussed in this review. Detailed understanding of these factors will be instrumental in minimising transmission of alphaviral

With concern about Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases rising nationwide, public health officials have turned to NC State University and other universities to get a better sense of what types of mosquitoes live in the state.. To conduct surveys at 16 sites across the state, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services sought the help of Dr. Michael Reiskind of NC State and two colleagues from East Carolina and Western Carolina universities.. Their studies will run through October, but so far, they havent found any Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito that is considered the dominant carrier of the Zika virus. However, the researchers did find an expectedly significant number of eggs for Aedes albopictus, or the Asian Tiger mosquito, which infects people with Zika less frequently but is still a public health concern.. The research survey is just one way that Reiskind and his students are expanding knowledge of mosquitoes and the diseases they spread. Here, he discusses recent research ...

Brazilian researchers said Thursday they have found Zika in Culex mosquitoes in what could be an important discovery. But they cautioned that more study was needed. Until now, Zika was believed to be carried mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is much less numerous. Culex mosquitoes are much more widespread.

evolutionary models such as Drosophila.. Although vector status was of prime importance in the selection of sequencing targets, choice was constrained by availability of colonies housed by the Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4), which will be a project and community resource for DNA, RNA and live mosquitoes from colonies. Since the initial whitepaper was approved, two additional species have been added to the project following the acquisition of available sequencing template: An. melas and An. christyi.. In addition to the approved goals of (1) high quality reference genome assemblies of each species and (2) transcriptome sequencing in support of gene annotation, a limited amount of SNP discovery based on wild specimens will augment these genome projects. Illumina-based genome sequencing and assembly, RNAseq and SNP discovery will be managed by the Broad Institute (under the direction of Daniel Neafsey). Genome annotation will be based on contributions by the Broad ...

Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Feb;38(2):176-89. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.10.007. Epub 2007 Oct 25. Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Members of the Anopheles hyrcanus group have been incriminated as important malaria vectors. This study aims to identify the species and explore the insecticide susceptibility profile within the Anopheles hyrcanus group in Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand where increasing numbers of malaria cases were reported in 2014.. ...

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BACKGROUND: The reported incidence of dengue fever increased dramatically in recent years in China. This study aimed to investigate and to assess the effectiveness of intervention implemented in a dengue outbreak in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. METHODS: Data of a dengue outbreak were collected in Ningbo City in China by a field epidemiological survey according to a strict protocol and case definition. Serum specimens of all cases were collected for diagnosis and the virological characteristics were detected by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gene sequencing. Vector surveillance was implemented during the outbreak to collect the larva and adult mosquito densities to calculate the Breteau Index (BI) and human biting rate (HBR), respectively. Data of monthly BI and light-trap density in 2018 were built to calculate the seasonality of the vector. A transmission mathematical model was developed to dynamic the incidence of the disease. The parameters of the model were estimated by ...

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