Sleep: An Essential and Understudied Process in the Biology of Blood-Feeding Arthropods.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the biology of blood-feeding arthropods is critical to managing them as vectors of etiological agents. Circadian rhythms act in the regulation of behavioral and physiological aspects such as blood feeding, immunity, and reproduction. However, the impact of sleep on these processes has been largely ignored in blood-feeding arthropods, but recent studies in mosquitoes show that sleep-like states directly impact host landing and blood feeding. Our focus in this review is on discussing the relationship between sleep and circadian rhythms in blood-feeding arthropods along with how unique aspects such as blood gluttony and dormancy can impact sleep-like states. We highlight that sleep-like states are likely to have profound impacts on vector-host interactions but will vary between

SUBMITTER: Ajayi OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature