The biodiversity of water mites that prey on and parasitize mosquitoes

AA Vasquez, BA Kabalan, JL Ram, CJ Miller - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water mites form one of the most biodiverse groups within the aquatic arachnid class. These
freshwater macroinvertebrates are predators and parasites of the equally diverse …

Thresholds, bifurcation and chaos in biological phenomena: Comment on “Mathematical models for Dengue fever epidemiology: A 10-year systematic review” by M …

HM Yang - Physics of Life Reviews, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aguiar et al. reviewed systematically 10-years of mathematical models for multi-stains
dengue transmission [1]. They described mathematical modelings addressing the …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonality on the life cycle of Aedes aegypti mosquito and its statistical relation with dengue outbreaks

EP Pliego, J Velázquez-Castro, AF Collar - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Aedes aegypti is the most common and important vector that transmits dengue disease. It
has been observed that its abundance is one of the main factors influencing dengue …

Increased efficiency in the second-hand tire trade provides opportunity for dengue control

EP Pliego, J Velázquez-Castro, MP Eichhorn… - Journal of theoretical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dengue fever is increasing in geographical range, spread by invasion of its vector
mosquitoes. The trade in second-hand tires has been implicated as a factor in this process …

Vector-borne disease risk indexes in spatially structured populations

J Velázquez-Castro, A Anzo-Hernández… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
There are economic and physical limitations when applying prevention and control
strategies for urban vector borne diseases. Consequently, there are increasing concerns …

Host-parasite interaction and impact of mite infection on mosquito population

AA Atwa, AL Bilgrami, AIM Al-Saggaf - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
During the present study, the host-parasite relationship between mosquitoes and parasitic
mites was investigated. The 8954 individuals of male and female mosquitoes belonging to …

The life cycle and fitness domain of gregarine (Apicomplexa) parasites

JD Logan, J Janovy Jr, BE Bunker - Ecological Modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
Theoretical demographic models with accompanying experimental programs provide an
important framework to study the life history of organisms. In this paper we examine the …

Hyperparasitism of mosquitoes by water mite larvae

A Werblow, P Martin, DD Dörge, LK Koch… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Springer
Hyperparasitism of ectoparasitic water mite larvae on mosquitoes is still a neglected
relationship and was investigated only in a few studies. We analysed 2313 female …

Heterogeneities in dengue spatial-temporal transmission in Brazilian cities and its influence on the optimal age of vaccination

LL Cardim, STR Pinho, MG Teixeira, MCN Costa… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background The development of a safe and effective vaccine is considered crucial for
dengue transmission control since vetor control has been failed; some potential candidates …

A critical review of all known published records for water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidiae) and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) parasitic associations from 1975 to present

TW Simmons, ML Hutchinson - Journal of medical entomology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
All published records of water mite–mosquito parasitic associations since Gary R. Mullen's
comprehensive review in the 1970s of the literature were critiqued to provide an up-to-date …