This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen
transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing …

This review emphasizes the potential and use of microbes in sustainable insect pest
management. We first review the diverse insect traits shaped by insect-microbe associations …

As for most of the life that inhabits our planet, microorganisms play an essential role in insect
nutrition, reproduction, defence, and support their host in many other functions. More …

Insects have established mutualistic symbiotic interactions with microorganisms that are
beneficial to both host and symbiont. Many insects have exploited these symbioses to …

Integrating how biodiversity and infectious disease dynamics are linked at multiple levels
and scales is highly challenging. Chagas disease is a vector‐borne disease, with …

Triatoma rubrofasciata (T. rubrofasciata), one kind of triatomine insects, is the vector of
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), which lead to American trypanosomiasis. Although the gut …

Symbiosis with intracellular or gut bacteria is essential for the nutrition of animals with an
obligate blood-feeding habit. Divergent bacterial lineages have independently evolved …

Solitary bees are subject to a variety of pressures that cause severe population declines.
Currently, habitat loss, temperature shifts, agrochemical exposure, and new parasites are …

Abstract Kissing bugs (Hempitera: Reduviidae) are obligately and exclusively blood feeding
insects. Vertebrate blood is thought to provide insufficient B vitamins to insects, which rely on …

Chagas disease remains a major neglected disease in Colombia. We aimed to characterize
Trypanosoma cruzi transmission networks in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) …