2022
Metabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota
Song X, Zhong Z, Gao L, Weiss BL, Wang J. Metabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota. Trends In Parasitology 2022, 38: 697-708. PMID: 35643853, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-transmitting vectorsSymbiotic microbesPathogen defenseHost biologyHematophagous arthropodsBacterial metabolic activitySand fliesArthropod vectorsImportant vectorAnimals/humansMetabolic interactionsEndogenous microbiotaTsetse fliesFliesRecent discoveryVector-borne diseasesBiologyMetabolic activityMosquitoesMicrobiotaDifferent arthropod vectorsArthropodsMicrobesOrganismsTicksTsetse Flies (Glossinidae)
Benoit J, Attardo G, Weiss B. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae). 2022, 837-851. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818731-9.00004-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTsetse fliesUnique reproductive biologyPathogenic African trypanosomesFly biologyReproductive biologyVertebrate bloodEcological distributionEvolutionary adaptationInsect pestsLow fecundityPopulation suppressionAfrican trypanosomesUnique biologyHost locationFliesProgeny developmentBiologyPhysiological aspectsMulti-targeted strategiesAfrican trypanosomiasisHuman healthPestsFecundityTrypanosomesHigh investment
2008
Paratransgenesis Applied for Control of Tsetse Transmitted Sleeping Sickness
Aksoy S, Weiss B, Attardo G. Paratransgenesis Applied for Control of Tsetse Transmitted Sleeping Sickness. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2008, 627: 35-48. PMID: 18510012, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78225-6_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic transformation systemForeign gene productsSodalis symbiontsSymbiotic microbesNew vector control strategiesTsetse symbiontsFunctional biologyTransmission biologyGene productsHost functionsSymbiontsTsetse vectorDisease cycleControl of trypanosomiasisTrypanosome transmissionImmunity effectorsTransformation systemTransformation technologyBiologyGenomicsCurrent knowledgeVector control strategiesAnimal healthTrypanocidal compoundsSleeping Sickness
2007
Novel strategies targeting pathogen transmission reduction in insect vectors: Tsetse‐transmitted trypanosomiasis control
WEISS B, ATTARDO G, Roshan P, Jingwen W, AKSOY S. Novel strategies targeting pathogen transmission reduction in insect vectors: Tsetse‐transmitted trypanosomiasis control. Entomological Research 2007, 37: 231-237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2007.00119.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsect vectorsEffective disease management strategiesNovel disease control strategiesDisease management strategiesInsect-pathogen interactionsDisease control strategiesPopulation reduction methodsAgricultural diseasesTransgenic technologyTrypanosomiasis controlImportant human diseasesInsect biologyManagement strategiesTsetse vectorVector populationsAfrican trypanosomesControl strategyHuman diseasesDisease controlInsectsRecent knowledgeVector control strategiesBiologyCropsSelective elimination