Impact of climate change on filarial vector, Culex quinquefasciatus and control using bacterial pesticide, spinosad

Mosquitoes are common flying insects in the family Culicidae that are found around the world. There are about 3 500 species. The females of most mosquito species suck blood (hematophagy) from other animals, which has made them the deadliest disease vector known, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions per year by the spread of infectious diseases. Disease organisms transmitted by mosquitoes include West Nile virus, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus, Everglades virus, Highlands J virus, La Crosse Encephalitis virus in the United States; dengue fever, yellow fever, Ilheus virus, and malaria in the American tropics; Rift Valley fever, Wuchereria bancrofti, Japanese Encephalitis, dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya and malaria in Africa and Asia; and Murray Valley encephalitis in Australia. Insect-transmitted disease remains a major source of illness and death worldwide. Mosquitoes alone transmit disease to more than 200 million PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT