The novel coronavirus pneumonia is a contagious acute respiratory disease caused by the
SARS-COV-2 coronavirus. The pathogenic mechanism of the novel coronavirus is unknown …

Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and malaria cause a significant global health burden.
Unfortunately, current insecticides and environmental control strategies aimed at the vectors …

Mosquitoes are haematophagous vectors for hundreds of pathogenic viruses that are
aetiological agents of human diseases. In nature, mosquito-borne viruses maintain a …

Vertebrate blood composition is heavily biased towards proteins, and hemoglobin, which is
a hemeprotein, is by far the most abundant protein. Typically, hematophagous insects ingest …

Highlights•Host blood components affect mosquito susceptibility to arboviruses in diverse
manners.•The integrity of gut barriers affects the acquisition of viruses from the host's …

Vector-borne flaviviruses are emerging threats to human health. For successful
transmission, the virus needs to efficiently enter mosquito cells and replicate within and …

Aedes aegypti vectors the pathogens that cause dengue, yellow fever, Zika virus, and
chikungunya and is a serious threat to public health in tropical regions. Decades of work has …

Insect ommochrome biosynthesis pathways metabolize tryptophan to generate eye-color
pigments and wild-type alleles of pathway genes are useful phenotypic markers in …

Background Digestion of blood in the midgut of Aedes aegypti results in the release of pro-
oxidant molecules that can be toxic to the mosquito. We hypothesized that after a blood …

Highlights•Non-energetic nutrients or micronutrients are essential for mosquito
physiology.•Free amino acids play important roles in digestion, flight physiology and …