2023
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors
Wang J, Gao L, Aksoy S. Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2023, 21: 604-618. PMID: 37217793, DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00901-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymbiotic associationVector-borne diseasesDisease-transmitting vectorsAlternative control methodsVector competenceUnique key featuresHealth of humansSymbiotic microorganismsVector taxaReproductive strategiesArthropod hostsLife historyVector arthropodsHaematophagous arthropodsTriatomine bugsBlood feedVector populationsTransmission successArthropodsFeeding behaviorCurrent knowledgeMicrobiotaPathogensKnowledge gapsTaxa
1997
Prevention of insect-borne disease: An approach using transgenic symbiotic bacteria
Durvasula R, Gumbs A, Panackal A, Kruglov O, Aksoy S, Merrifield R, Richards F, Beard C. Prevention of insect-borne disease: An approach using transgenic symbiotic bacteria. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 3274-3278. PMID: 9096383, PMCID: PMC20359, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.3274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymbiotic bacteriaDisease-transmitting insectsChagas disease vectorsSymbiont acquisitionTransgenic bacteriaInsect-borne diseaseR. prolixusDisease vectorsCertain arthropodsRhodnius prolixusT. cruziTrypanosoma cruziCecropin AExpression of moleculesInsectsBacteriaPowerful approachProlixusCruziExpressionEndosymbiontsArthropodsCecropinAntiparasitic activityParasites