Background Leishmaniases are parasitic diseases present worldwide that are transmitted to
the vertebrate host by the bite of an infected sand fly during a blood feeding. Phlebotomine …

The saliva of haematophagous arthropods contains an array of anti-haemostatic, anti-
inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules that contribute to the success of the blood …

Within the Diptera and outside the suborder Brachycera, the blood-feeding habit occurred at
least twice, producing the present day sand flies, and the Culicomorpha, including the …

Background Mosquito saliva is a complex cocktail whose pharmacological properties play
an essential role in blood feeding by counteracting host physiological response to tissue …

To optimize malaria control, WHO has prioritised the need for new indicators to evaluate the
efficacy of malaria vector control strategies. The gSG6-P1 peptide from gSG6 protein of …

Background. The modalities of malaria transmission along the Thailand-Myanmar border
are poorly understood. Here we address the relevance of using a specific Anopheles …

Aedes mosquitoes are important vectors of re-emerging diseases in developing countries,
and increasing exposure to Aedes in the developed world is currently a source of concern …

Background: Entomological surveillance for malaria is inherently resource-intensive and
produces crude population-level measures of vector exposure which are insensitive in low …

Salivary proteins injected by blood feeding arthropods into their hosts evoke a saliva-
specific humoral response which can be useful to evaluate exposure to bites of disease …

Mosquitoes of the Aedes genus transmit arboviruses of great importance to human health as
dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. The tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus can play …