The genetic recovery of resistant populations released from pesticide exposure is accelerated by the presence of environmental stressors. By contrast, the relevance of environmental stressors for the spread of resistance during pesticide exposure has not been studied. Moreover, the consequences of interactions between different stressors have not been considered. Here we show that stress throug...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Taxonomic status of Culex pipiens is well-known as many years with such a wide variety of morphological and biological characteristics. These changes have been the subject of extensive investigation by many researchers. There are a little information about the morphology and molecular data of Cx. pipiens complex in Iran. The taxonomic status of the complex is very import...

Wolbachia ensdosymbionts are well known for their ability to manipulate the population biology and development of their hosts. One of the less studied outcomes of Wolbachia infection with this symbiont is the selective killing of male embryos. Recent work on butterflies living on different South Pacific islands is beginning to help us understand the complexity of the co-evolutionary interaction...

West Nile virus ecology has yet to be rigorously investigated in the Caribbean Basin. We identified a transmission focus in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and established systematic monitoring of avian abundance and infection, seroconversions in domestic poultry, and viral infections in mosquitoes. West Nile virus transmission was detected annually between May and October from 2005 to 2008. High te...

The Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa binary toxin of Bacillus sphaericus was recently discovered by its ability to kill Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito larvae through a novel interaction between its two components. We have investigated the target specificity of this toxin and show it to be non-toxic to coleopteran, lepidopteran and other dipteran insects, including closely related Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes...

Culex quinquefasciatus is a major threat faced by people in India. The nematode worm, Wuchereria bancrofti causes Lymphatic filariasis which transmitted acting as vector. aim of the present Insilico research work to validate how malic acid interacts with protein mosquito species, using Bioinformatic tools. target molecule Cytochrome b mitochondrion species. structure Malic retrieved from genera...

The present investigation conducted to determine the diversity of mosquito fauna in two ecologically different regions Rajasthan i.e., Kota and Barmer. is south-eastern region while Barmer situated western part Rajasthan. study was carried out over a period one year. adult collected by using aspirator, BG -Sentinal trap larval stages were ladle dipping method. Total 1258 species reported 1450 f...

The leaf extract of Agave sisalana was tested as a larvicide against three vector mosquito species viz., Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti. Preliminary results showed that the 2% dilution of the leaf extract produced 100% mortality of IIIrd instar larvae of An. stephensi and 1% dilution produced 100% mortality in case of Cx. quinquefasciatus and Ae. aegypti. For furt...

BACKGROUND Vector-borne diseases remain a threat to public health, especially in tropical countries. The incompatible insect technique has been explored as a potential control strategy for several important insect vectors. However, this strategy has not been tested in Culex pipiens pallens, the most prevalent mosquito species in China. Previous works used introgression to generate new strains t...

Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus are mosquito vectors for several tropical diseases that represent a current public health problem. The ecological requirements for each species are different, however, both species show high biological adaptability, which promotes their coexistence in the same breeding sites. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of larval association betwee...