he Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) uses the mass release of sterile insects as a highly
effective area-wide, environmentally safe method of pest control. Various uses of genetics to …

The Zika virus outbreaks are unprecedented human threat in relation to congenital
malformations and neurological/autoimmune complications. Since this virus has high potential to …

Mosquito saliva facilitates blood meal acquisition through pharmacologically active compounds
that prevent host hemostasis and immune responses. Here, we generated two knockout (…

Transposons are a class of selfish DNA elements that can mobilize within a genome. If
mobilization is accompanied by an increase in copy number (replicative transposition), the …

The global economic cost of Aedes-borne diseases, such as dengue, is estimated to be in
the billions of dollars annually. In this scenario, a sustained vector control strategy is the only …

Ades aegypti is the most important arbovirus vector in the world, and new strategies are
under evaluation. Biological studies mentioning the occurrence of a second mate in Aedes …

Vector-borne diseases are transmitted to humans by hematophagous arthropods and these
blood-sucking organisms are target to researches worldwide. The laboratory colonization of …

… André Luis Costa-da-Silva, Rafaella Sayuri Ioshino, Helena Rocha Corrêa de Araú jo,
Bianca Burini Kojin, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto, Danielle Bruna Leal Oliveira …

1. Carvalho DO, Chuffi S, Ioshino RS, Marques ICS, Fini R, Costa MK, et al.(2018) Mosquito
pornoscopy: Observation and interruption of Aedes aegypti copulation to determine female …

Mosquitos transgênicos incapazes de transmitir malária podem ser um controle alternativo,
mas atualmente não estão disponíveis. O estudo da interação mosquitopatógeno é …