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Edith H. Torres-Montoya; Leonardo Ulloa-Urquidy; José I. Torres-Avendaño; José Marcial Zazueta-Moreno; Annete I. Apodaca-Medina; Ignacio Osuna-Ramírez; Rosalío Ramos-Payan; Vicente Olimón-Andalón; Erika de L. Silva-Benítez; Jorge Armando López Gutiérrez; José Ramos-Castañeda; Hipólito Castillo Ureta
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Dengue virus; excretion; feces; viability; viruses; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The transmission pathways of dengue virus (DENV) among mosquitoes are a topic that has gained relevance in recent years because they could explain the maintenance of the virus in the wild independently of the human–mosquito horizontal transmission cycle. In this regard, Aedes aegypti larvae exposed to supernatants of C6/36 cells infected with DENV-4 were evaluated for virus excretion in feces and ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Drosophila melanogaster; egg production; evolution; females; males; peptides; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Mosquito reproduction is regulated by a suite of hormones, many acting through membrane-bound receptor proteins. The Aedes aegypti G protein-coupled receptors AAEL024199 (AeCNMaR-1a) and AAEL018316 (AeCNMaR-1b) were identified as orthologs of the Drosophila melanogaster CNMa receptor (DmCNMaR). The receptor was duplicated early in the evolution of insects, and subsequently in Culicidae, into what ...
Joice Guilherme de Oliveira; Harry Luiz Pilz-Júnior; Alessandra Bittencourt de Lemos; Felipe Allan da Silva da Costa; Millena Fernandes; Douglas Zelinger Gonçalves; Paula Fassicolo Variza; Fernanda Mendes de Moraes; Fernando Dal Pont Morisso; Rachel Faverzani Magnago; Karine Modolon Zepon; Luiz Alberto Kanis; Onilda Santos da Silva; Josiane Somariva Prophiro
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Piper; alkaloids; encapsulation; larvicides; lethal concentration 50; mortality; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Piperine is an alkaloid extracted from the seed of Piper spp., which has demonstrated a larvicidal effect against Ae. aegypti. The incorporation of piperine into nanostructured systems can increase the effectiveness of this natural product in the control of Ae. aegypti larvae. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of piperine loaded or not into two nanostructured systems (named NS-A and NS ...
Margaret Herre; Olivia V. Goldman; Tzu-Chiao Lu; Gabriela Caballero-Vidal; Yanyan Qi; Zachary N. Gilbert; Zhongyan Gong; Takeshi Morita; Saher Rahiel; Majid Ghaninia; Rickard Ignell; Benjamin J. Matthews; Hongjie Li; Leslie B. Vosshall; Meg A. Younger
Aedesaegypti, etc ; arboviruses; blood; carbon dioxide; dengue; electrophysiology; humans; ligands; odors; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are a persistent human foe, transmitting arboviruses including dengue when they feed on human blood. Mosquitoes are intensely attracted to body odor and carbon dioxide, which they detect using ionotropic chemosensory receptors encoded by three large multi-gene families. Genetic mutations that disrupt the olfactory system have modest effects on human attraction, suggesting ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; dengue; eggs; fecundity; insecticide resistance; longevity; monitoring; mortality; oviposition; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Dengue, Zika, and chikungunya are arboviral diseases for which there are no effective therapies or vaccines. The only way to avoid their transmission is by controlling the vector Aedes aegypti, but insecticide resistance limits this strategy. To generate relevant information for surveillance and control mechanisms, we determined life cycle parameters, including longevity, fecundity, and mortality, ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; gamma radiation; imagos; males; mutation; sterile insect technique; viability; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This work evaluated the genetic damage in descendants of male pupae of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) separately exposed to 20, 30, and 40 Gy of gamma radiation in the context of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). Despite the transmission of the dominant lethal mutation, the employed dose levels did not promote a marked reduction in adult mosquito emergence and fertility. This study e ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; agricultural biotechnology; biocatalysis; instars; larvicides; leaf extracts; mortality; rhizomes; Show all 8 Subjects
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... One of the safe ways to control mosquitoes is environmentally friendly using herbal larvicides produced from plants. This study aims to determine the LC₅₀, LC₉₀, and the mixed concentration of lime leaf extract and galangal rhizome on mortality of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae. The sample of this study was Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae instar III and IV as many as 25 larvae. Data analysis was perf ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Bayesian theory; diffusivity; equations; growth models; population growth; temperature; urbanization; Show all 8 Subjects
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... We analysed data from the invasion of a city by Aedes aegypti by using a series of models based on Fisher’s reaction–diffusion equation with Richard’s growth model and Bayesian statistics. The model that best explains the invasion of the city was defined through a step-by-step process of model selection based on a series of candidate models. As explanatory variables, we used the effect of urbaniza ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Anopheles gambiae; arthropods; blood; databases; head; hematophagy; homogenization; provenance; thorax; Show all 10 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: In the last decade, an innovative approach has emerged for arthropod identification based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Increasing interest in applying the original technique for arthropod identification has led to the development of a variety of procedures for sample preparation and selection of body parts, among others ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; females; glass; heat; hematophagy; humans; insect behavior; odors; skin (animal); Show all 9 Subjects
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... Although human skin odor is thought to be the cue that anthropophilic mosquitoes use to discriminate us from other potential hosts, the precise details of how they use skin odor to find and land on a human is unclear. We found that Aedes aegypti land on a source of skin odor without a co-located visual cue. By collecting human odor on glass beads and using identical glass beads to visually conceal ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Aedes albopictus; Zika virus; evolution; genetics; humans; infection; monitoring; summer; Brazil; Show all 10 Subjects
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... We conducted mosquito-based Zika virus surveillance in São Paulo State, Brazil from 2015 to 2018. We found 81 pools positive for Aedes aegypti and one pool positive for Aedes albopictus. Infection rates were highest in the summer. Areas with human Zika cases also had clusters of Zika-positive mosquitoes. ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; detritus; life history; medical and veterinary entomology; temperate zones; yeasts; Argentina; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Aedes aegypti larvae that develop in containers largely depend on plant detritus as a source of nutritional resources. However, few studies have evaluated the performance of immature individuals under natural amounts and quality of this food source. Here, we aimed to assess the effect of the variation in the accumulation time and amount of detritus on life history traits of Ae. aegypti under semi‐ ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; acetamiprid; dengue; enzymes; insecticide resistance; instars; piperonyl butoxide; research; resistance management; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Aedes-borne diseases are on the rampant rise despite continued application of chemical insecticide-based interventions. The appearance of high degree of insecticide resistance in Aedes species and noxious effects on environment and non-targets have raised further concerns. Among new chemical interventions, neonicotinoids are considered a safe and effective approach. The present study investigated ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Haemagogus; blood; blood meal; epidemiology; hematophagy; humans; malaria; parasitology; research; Brazil; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Mosquito blood feeding plays a key role in epidemiology. Despite its importance and large number of studies worldwide, less attention has been paid in South America. We summarized some general concepts and methodological issues related to the study of mosquito blood feeding habits, and compiled and analyzed all published information regarding the subject in the continent until 2020. Available lite ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; coasts; decision making; dose response; larvicides; ovitraps; temephos; vector control; Peru; Show all 9 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: The development of resistance against insecticides in Aedes aegypti can lead to operational failures in control programs. Knowledge of the spatial and temporal trends of this resistance is needed to drive effective monitoring campaigns, which in turn provide data on which vector control decision-making should be based. METHODS: Third-stage larvae (L3) from the F1 and F2 generations of ...
Marfran C.D. Santos; Jorge L.S. Viana; Joelma D. Monteiro; Renato C.M. Freire; Daniel L.D. Freitas; Ingrid M. Câmara; Gigliane J.S. da Silva; Renata A. Gama; Josélio M.G. Araújo; Kássio M.G. Lima
Aedesaegypti, etc ; algorithms; arboviruses; chemometrics; dengue; discriminant analysis; females; monitoring; near-infrared spectroscopy; Show all 9 Subjects
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... One of the most important steps in preventing arboviruses is entomological surveillance. The main entomological surveillance action is to detect vector foci in the shortest possible stages. In this work, near and medium infrared spectra collected from female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes recently infected and not infected with dengue were used in order to build chemometric models capable of differentia ...
José Antonio Ciau-Mendoza; Ángel S. Gómez-Rivera; Karla Leticia Canto-Mis; Rahuel J. Chan-Chable; Cassandra González-Acosta; Miguel Moreno-García; Fabián Correa-Morales; Pedro Christian Mis-Avila
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Aedes albopictus; entomologists; larvae; larvicides; phenotype; temephos; vector control; Florida; Mexico; Show all 10 Subjects
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... In Mexico, the larvicide temephos (an organophosphate) has been used widely for vector control for a number of yr. Repeated exposure to this larvicide has caused resistance in Aedes container-inhabiting larvae. In this study, the susceptibility status to temephos was evaluated in Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti larvae from 4 locales within Quintana Roo, Mexico. Aedes aegypti exhibited low-intensity ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; Sindbis virus; arboviruses; arthropods; blood; blood meal; midgut; vector competence; viral load; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The mechanisms involved in determining arbovirus vector competence, or the ability of an arbovirus to infect and be transmitted by an arthropod vector, are still incompletely understood. It is well known that vector competence for a particular arbovirus can vary widely among different populations of a mosquito species, which is generally attributed to genetic differences between populations. What ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; CRISPR-Cas systems; Drosophila; actin; adults; epithelium; genes; insects; microtubules; molecular biology; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Insect epithelial cells contain unique cellular extensions such as bristles, hairs, and scales. In contrast to bristle and hair, which are not divergent in their shape, scale morphology shows high diversity. In our attempt to characterize the role of the insect‐specific gene, Spindle‐F (spn‐F), in mosquito development, we revealed a scale‐type specific requirement for the mosquito Aedes aegypti sp ...
Aedesaegypti, etc ; aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase; eggs; epinephrine; fecundity; pigmentation; secondary amines; structure-activity relationships; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Arylalkylamine N‐acetyltransferase (aaNAT) in Aedes aegypti is primarily involved in cuticle pigmentation and formation. The reported arylalkylamine substrates are all primary amines. In this study, we report a novel substrate, a secondary amine, of Ae. aegypti aaNAT1. The recombinant aaNAT1 protein exhibited high activity to a secondary amine, epinephrine, which has not been reported for any aaNA ...