Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

The adaptive response characterized by a biphasic curve is known as hormesis. In a
hormesis framework, exposure to low doses leads to protective and beneficial responses …

Bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) are an important group of obligate hematophagous urban
insect pests. The global resurgence of bed bugs, involving the common bed bug, Cimex …

The biphasic hormetic response to stress, defined by low-dose stimulation and high-dose
inhibition is frequently observed in insects. Various molecular and biochemical responses …

Importance Scabies, bedbug, and body lice infestations are caused by organisms that live
on or in the skin, on clothing, or in the environment and commonly cause pruritus and rash …

Objective To evaluate how stress at the larval stage alters adult mosquito performance and
susceptibility to viral infection. Methods We used a model system consisting of Sindbis virus …

Background Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are blood-feeding insects poised to become one
of the major pests in households throughout the United States. Resistance of C. lectularius …

This study examines the responses of heat shock protein transcripts, Hsp70 and Hsp90, to
dehydration stress in three mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and …

In this review, we describe water balance requirements of blood-feeding arthropods,
particularly contrasting dehydration tolerance during the unfed, off-host state and the …

Multifamily housing facilities serving low‐income populations have been at the forefront of
bed bug outbreaks. Research conducted in the past 8 years has consistently proven that …