Mosquito population structure, pathogen surveillance and insecticide resistance monitoring in urban regions of Crete, Greece

EA Fotakis, K Mavridis, A Kampouraki… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background In Greece vector borne diseases (VBD) and foremost West Nile virus (WNV)
pose an important threat to public health and the tourist industry, the primary sector of …

Analysis of population structure and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes of the genus Culex, Anopheles and Aedes from different environments of Greece with a …

EA Fotakis, A Chaskopoulou, L Grigoraki… - Acta Tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Greece has been recently affected by several mosquito borne diseases with the West Nile
Virus (WNV) outbreak in 2010 being one of the largest reported in Europe. Currently at the …

Detection of diflubenzuron and pyrethroid resistance mutations in Culex pipiens from Muğla, Turkey

N Guz, NS Cagatay, EA Fotakis, E Durmusoglu… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemical insecticides are the main tool for vector control worldwide with pyrethroids and the
larvicide diflubenzuron (DFB) used extensively against the primary West Nile virus vector …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the knockdown resistance locus (kdr) in Anopheles stephensi, An. arabiensis, and Culex pipiens sl for insight Into the evolution of target-site …

TE Carter, A Gebresilassie, S Hansel… - The American journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, which is typically restricted to South Asia and the
Middle East, was recently detected in the Horn of Africa. Addressing the spread of this vector …

Detection of West Nile Virus–Lineage 2 in Culex pipiens mosquitoes, associated with disease outbreak in Greece, 2017

K Mavridis, EA Fotakis, I Kioulos, S Mpellou… - Acta Tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract During July-October 2017 a WNV outbreak took place in the Peloponnese,
Southern Greece with five confirmed deaths. During routine monitoring survey in the …

Inference of selection pressures that drive insecticide resistance in Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes in Korea

J Shin, YH Kim, KS Choi, H Choe, KP Lee… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrethroids are primarily used for mosquito control in Korea. However, high frequencies of
mutations conferring resistance to not only pyrethroids but also to other insecticides have …

Temporal variation of high‐level pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sl in Yaoundé, Cameroon, is mediated by target‐site and …

B Tene‐Fossog, YG Fotso‐Toguem… - Medical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Constant assessment of insecticide resistance levels is mandatory to implement adequate
malaria control tools, but little information is available on the annual dynamics of resistance …

Molecular monitoring of insecticide resistance in major disease vectors in Armenia

L Paronyan, L Babayan, H Vardanyan… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Armenia is considered particularly vulnerable to life-threatening vector-borne
diseases (VBDs) including malaria, West Nile virus disease and leishmaniasis. However …

Fitness costs associated with a GABA receptor mutation conferring dieldrin resistance in Aedes albopictus

Y Gomard, H Alout, C Lebon, A Latreille, A Benlali… - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the dynamics of insecticide resistance genes in mosquito populations is
pivotal for a sustainable use of insecticides. Dieldrin resistance in Aedes albopictus is …

Consequences of insecticide overuse in Hungary: assessment of pyrethroid resistance in Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes

R Csiba, Z Varga, D Pásztor, B Süle, VIO Mxinwa… - Parasites & …, 2025 - Springer
Background Mosquitoes, as vectors of various pathogens, have been a public health risk for
centuries. Human activities such as international travel and trade, along with climate …