Genomic advances in the study of the mosquito vector during avian malaria infection.

ABSTRACT: Invertebrate host–parasite associations are one of the keystones in order to understand vector-borne diseases. The study of these specific interactions provides information not only about how the vector is affected by the parasite at the gene-expression level, but might also reveal mosquito strategies for blocking the transmission of the parasites. A very well-known vector for human malaria is Anopheles gambiae. This mosquito species has been the main focus for genomics studies determining essential key genes and pathways over the course of a malaria infection. However, to-date there is an important knowledge gap concerning other non-mammophilic mosquito species, for example some species from the Culex genera which may transmit avian malaria but also zoonotic pathogens such a

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Caballero I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941221 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature