Nucleic Acid Amplification‐Based Technologies (NAAT)—Toward Accessible, Autonomous, and Mobile Diagnostics

V Narasimhan, H Kim, SH Lee, H Kang… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing pandemic and increasing frequency of infectious disease outbreaks due to
climate change, urbanization, and global human migration have put great focus on nucleic …

A mosquito salivary protein-driven influx of myeloid cells facilitates flavivirus transmission

Z Wang, K Nie, Y Liang, J Niu, X Yu, O Zhang… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Mosquitoes transmit many disease-relevant flaviviruses. Efficient viral transmission to
mammalian hosts requires mosquito salivary factors. However, the specific salivary …

Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Identification of Viruses: A Critical Review

B Hosnedlova, J Werle, J Cepova… - Critical reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to their life cycle, viruses can disrupt the metabolism of their hosts, causing diseases. If
we want to disrupt their life cycle, it is necessary to identify their presence. For this purpose, it …

SPIM-Flow: An Integrated Light Sheet and Microfluidics Platform for Hydrodynamic Studies of Hydra

PN Hedde, BT Le, EL Gomez, L Duong, RE Steele… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This work demonstrates an inexpensive light sheet microscope that can be
readily integrated with modern microfluidics. The integration between these two …

Ultra-low volume intradermal administration of radiation-attenuated sporozoites with the glycolipid adjuvant 7DW8-5 completely protects mice against malaria

FN Watson, MJ Shears, AC Kalata, CJ Duncombe… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Radiation-attenuated sporozoite (RAS) vaccines can completely prevent blood stage
Plasmodium infection by inducing liver-resident memory CD8+ T cells to target parasites in …

Automated analysis of feeding behaviors of females of the mosquito Aedes aegypti using a modified flyPAD system

BM Henriques-Santos, C Xiong, PV Pietrantonio - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mosquitoes present a global health challenge due to their ability to transmit human and
animal pathogens upon biting and blood feeding. The investigation of tastants detected by …

Engineered human tissue as a new platform for mosquito bite-site biology investigations

CE Seavey, M Doshi, AP Panarello, MA Felice… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a dearth of in vitro tissue culture tools to study the complex
biology of the skin bite site created by blood-feeding arthropods such as mosquitoes. To …

A Method for Repeated, Longitudinal Sampling of Individual Aedes aegypti for Transmission Potential of Arboviruses

EH Mayton, HM Hernandez, CJ Vitek… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquito-borne viruses, such as Zika virus (ZIKV), remain a major public
health concern worldwide. Vector competence is defined by the ability of a vector (mosquito) …

Exploratory phosphoproteomics profiling of Aedes aegypti Malpighian tubules during blood meal processing reveals dramatic transition in function

Y Kandel, M Pinch, M Lamsal, N Martinez, IA Hansen - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Malpighian tubules, the renal organs of mosquitoes, facilitate the rapid dehydration of blood
meals through aquaporin-mediated osmosis. We performed phosphoproteomics analysis of …

The development of droplet-based microfluidic virus detection technology for human infectious diseases

J Liu, B Zhang, L Wang, J Peng, K Wu, T Liu - Analytical Methods, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Virus-based human infectious diseases have a significant negative impact on people's
health and social development. The need for quick, accurate, and early viral infection …