Dengue fever and insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes in Southeast Asia: a review

SJ Gan, YQ Leong, MFH bin Barhanuddin, ST Wong… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Dengue fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in Southeast Asia.
Insecticides remain the most effective vector control approach for Aedes mosquitoes. Four …

The buzz on insecticides: a review of uses, molecular structures, targets, adverse effects, and alternatives

MF Araújo, EMS Castanheira, SF Sousa - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Insecticides play a critical role in controlling the spread of insect-borne diseases and
preserving crop health. These chemical substances are specifically formulated to kill or …

Diurnal biting of malaria mosquitoes in the Central African Republic indicates residual transmission may be “out of control”

C Sangbakembi-Ngounou… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria control interventions target nocturnal feeding of the Anopheles vectors indoors to
reduce parasite transmission. Mass deployment of insecticidal bed nets and indoor residual …

Malaria detection using advanced deep learning architecture

W Siłka, M Wieczorek, J Siłka, M Woźniak - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans
through the bites of infected mosquitoes. The early diagnosis and treatment of malaria are …

How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming?

LI Couper, JE Farner, JM Caldwell, ML Childs… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate
is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change …

The need for practical insecticide-resistance guidelines to effectively inform mosquito-borne disease control programs

A Namias, NB Jobe, KP Paaijmans, S Huijben - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Monitoring local mosquito populations for insecticide resistance is critical for effective vector-
borne disease control. However, widely used phenotypic assays, which are designed to …

Emergence of behavioural avoidance strategies of malaria vectors in areas of high LLIN coverage in Tanzania

KS Kreppel, M Viana, BJ Main, PCD Johnson… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Despite significant reductions in malaria transmission across Africa since 2000, progress is
stalling. This has been attributed to the development of insecticide resistance and …

Understanding and interpreting mosquito blood feeding studies: the case of Aedes albopictus

K Fikrig, LC Harrington - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Blood feeding is a fundamental mosquito behavior with consequences for pathogen
transmission and control. Feeding behavior can be studied through two lenses–patterns and …

Carlina acaulis L.(Asteraceae): Biology, phytochemistry, and application as a promising source of effective green insecticides and acaricides

E Spinozzi, M Ferrati, L Cappellacci, A Caselli… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carlina acaulis L., belonging to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, is a perennial herb
native to the Alps, which has a long history as a food and traditional remedy, being one of …

Chemical control and insecticide resistance status of sand fly vectors worldwide

S Balaska, EA Fotakis, A Chaskopoulou… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Phlebotomine sand flies are prominent vectors of Leishmania parasites that
cause leishmaniasis, which comes second to malaria in terms of parasitic causative fatalities …