AMCA 2025 Highlights of Vector Biology Papers
Aldridge, R. L., B. W. Alto, C. Roxanne Connelly, B. Okech, B. Siegfried, B. H. Eastmond, A. A. Alomar, and K. J. Linthicum. 2024. Does prior exposure to larvicides influence dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)? J Med Entomol 61: 166-174.
Chandel, A., N. A. DeBeaubien, A. Ganguly, G. T. Meyerhof, A. A. Krumholz, J. Liu, V. L. Salgado, and C. Montell. 2024. Thermal infrared directs host-seeking behaviour in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Nature 633: 615-623.
Cooper, A. M. W., S. B. Jameson, V. Pickens, C. Osborne, E. A. Backus, K. Silver, and D. N. Mitzel. 2024. An electropenetrography waveform library for the probing and ingestion behaviors of Culex tarsalis on human hands. Insect Sci 31: 1165-1186.
Fiorta, M. A., L. R. Fyie, and M. E. Meuti. 2024. Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens. J Insect Physiol 159: 104725.
Javed, N., A. J. López-Denman, P. N. Paradkar, and A. Bhatti. 2024. FlightTrackAI: a robust convolutional neural network-based tool for tracking the flight behaviour of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Royal Society Open Science 11.
Johnson, B. J., M. Weber, H. M. Al-Amin, M. Geier, and G. J. Devine. 2024. Automated differentiation of mixed populations of free-flying female mosquitoes under semi-field conditions. Sci Rep 14: 3494.
Kamber, T., and A. Mathis. 2024. Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for Aedes and Culex species and evaluation of a simple DNA preparation method for field application. Journal of Applied Entomology 148: 746-750.
Kothera, L., S. J. Hills, N. A. Panella, and A. C. Brault. 2024. Comparison of Nanopore and Classical Sanger Sequencing to Identify Mosquito Bloodmeal Hosts. J Am Mosq Control Assoc.
Loh, R. K., T. R. H. Tan, H. Yeo, T. X. Yeoh, T. T. M. Lee, S. N. Kutty, and N. Puniamoorthy. 2024. Metabarcoding mosquitoes: MinION sequencing of bulk samples gives accurate species profiles for vector surveillance (Culicidae). Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 5.
Marques, J., S. G. Seabra, I. Almeida, J. Gomes, A. C. Alves, and H. Silveira. 2024. Long-term blood-free rearing of Anopheles mosquitoes with no effect on fitness, Plasmodium infectivity nor microbiota composition. Sci Rep 14: 19473.
McNamara, T. D., M. T. Mosore, A. Urlaub, M. A. Lashley, N. D. Burkett-Cadena, L. E. Reeves, and E. M. Martin. 2024. Culex erraticus (Diptera: Culicidae) utilizes gopher tortoise burrows for overwintering in North Central Florida. J Med Entomol 61: 454-464.
Menezes, A., M. Peixoto, M. Silva, E. Costa-Bartuli, C. L. Oliveira, A. B. Walter-Nuno, N. D. C. Kistenmacker, J. Pereira, I. Ramos, G. O. Paiva-Silva, G. C. Atella, P. Zancan, M. Sola-Penna, and F. M. Gomes. 2024. Western diet consumption by host vertebrate promotes altered gene expression on Aedes aegypti reducing its lifespan and increasing fertility following blood feeding. Parasit Vectors 17: 12.
Milech, A., C. Q. Braga, C. dos Santos Bermann, J. F. de Souza, A. R. Fajardo, É. S. Vianna, and C. B. Oliveira. 2024. New artificial hematophagy system with attractive polymeric biofilm for maintenance of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the laboratory. Parasites & Vectors 17.
Moraes Zenker, M., T. P. Portella, F. A. C. Pessoa, J. Bengtsson-Palme, and P. M. Galetti, Jr. 2024. Low coverage of species constrains the use of DNA barcoding to assess mosquito biodiversity. Sci Rep 14: 7432.
Mwanga, E. P., P. A. Kweyamba, D. J. Siria, I. H. Mshani, I. S. McHola, F. E. Makala, G. Seleman, S. Abbasi, S. H. Mwinyi, M. Gonzalez-Jimenez, K. Waynne, F. Baldini, S. A. Babayan, and F. O. Okumu. 2024. Reagent-free detection of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in field-collected mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Sci Rep 14: 12100.
Vieira, C., N. Gyawali, M. B. Onn, M. A. Shivas, D. Shearman, J. M. Darbro, G. L. Wallau, A. F. van den Hurk, F. D. Frentiu, E. B. Skinner, and G. J. Devine. 2024. Mosquito bloodmeals can be used to determine vertebrate diversity, host preference, and pathogen exposure in humans and wildlife. Sci Rep 14: 23203.
Wondwosen, B., E. Isberg, G. Birgersson, S. R. Hill, and R. Ignell. 2024. Synthetic Alfalfa Infusion Odour Attracts Gravid Culex quinquefasciatus Under Laboratory Conditions. J Chem Ecol 50: 419-429.