The host defence of insects includes a combination of cellular and humoral responses. The
cellular arm of the insect innate immune system includes mechanisms that are directly …

Malaria is a significant public health problem in more than 100 countries and causes an
estimated 200 million new infections every year. Despite the significant effort to eradicate …

The mosquito gut represents an ecosystem that accommodates a complex, intimately
associated microbiome. It is increasingly clear that the gut microbiome influences a wide …

Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted symbiotic bacterium of insects that has been proposed
as a potential agent for the control of insect-transmitted diseases. One of the major …

Malaria parasite transmission depends on the successful transition of Plasmodium through
discrete developmental stages in the lumen of the mosquito midgut. Like the human …

Evolutionary theory is firmly grounded on the existence of trade-offs between life-history
traits, and recent interest has centred on the physiological mechanisms underlying such …

▪ Abstract Evolutionary ecology seeks to understand the selective reasons for the design
features of the immune defense, especially with respect to parasitism. The molecular …

Insects transmit the causative agents for such debilitating diseases as malaria, lymphatic
filariases, sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, river blindness, Dengue, and …

Mosquitoes are vectors of parasitic and viral diseases of immense importance for public
health. The acquisition of the genome sequence of the yellow fever and Dengue vector …

Many of the most dangerous human diseases are transmitted by insect vectors. After
decades of repeated insecticide use, all of these vector species have demonstrated the …