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 …

The microbial flora associated with Hyalomma anatolicum ticks was investigated using
culture-dependent (CD) and independent (next generation sequencing, NGS) methods. The …

Background Paederus fuscipes is medically the most famous rove beetle, which causes
dermatitis or conjunctivitis in humans, as well as gastrointestinal toxicosis in livestock, via …

Understanding the environmental factors affecting the microbiota in malaria vectors may
help in the development of novel vector control interventions, similar to paratransgenesis …

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 …

The development of Leishmania parasites within sand fly vectors occurs entirely in the insect
gut lumen, in the presence of symbiotic and commensal bacteria. The impacts of host …

Background The midgut microbiota of mosquitoes maintain basal immune activity and
immune priming. In recent years, scientists have focused on the use of microbial …

Phlebotomine sandflies are vectors of the humans' and mammals' parasite Leishmania spp.
Although the role of gut microbiome in the biological cycle of insects is acknowledged, we …

Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of the protozoan parasite Leishmania spp. Although the
intestinal microbiota is involved in a wide range of biological and physiological processes …

The infectious inoculum of a sand fly, apart from its metacyclic promastigotes, is composed
of factors derived from both the parasite and the vector. Vector-derived factors, including …