Highlights•Metal ions affect reproductive physiology in hematophagous and
nonhematophagous insects.•Metal-homeostasis mechanisms may be shared between …

For more than 50 years it has been a dream of medical entomologists and public health
workers to control diseases like malaria and dengue fever by modifying, through genetics …

Ae. aegypti mosquitoes transmit some of the most important human viral diseases that are
responsible for a significant public health burden worldwide. The small interfering RNA …

Background Mosquitoes are an important vector of viral transmission, and due to the
complexity of the pathogens they transmit, vector control may be the most effective strategy …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical regulatory roles in various cellular and
metabolic processes in mosquitoes and all other organisms studied thus far. In particular …

Mosquito transgenesis and gene-drive technologies provide the basis for developing
promising new tools for vector-borne disease prevention by either suppressing wild …

Insect hemocytes are the only immune cells that can mount a humoral and cellular immune
response. Despite the critical involvement of hemocytes in immune responses against …

Malaria as vector-borne disease remains important health concern with over 200 million
cases globally. Novel antimalarial medicines and more effective vaccines must be …

Gene-edited mosquitoes lacking ag amma-i nterferon-inducible l ysosomal thiol reductase-
like protein, namely (mosGILT null) have lower Plasmodium infection, which is linked to …

Malaria resurgence significantly threatens progress made towards malaria elimination in the
past years and consequently increases socioeconomic and public health burden, especially …