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
2007
Novel strategies targeting pathogen transmission reduction in insect vectors: Tsetse‐transmitted trypanosomiasis control
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