Immune Reactions of Vector Insects to Parasites and Pathogens.

ABSTRACT: This overview initially describes insect immune reactions and then brings together present knowledge of the interactions of vector insects with their invading parasites and pathogens. It is a way of introducing this Special Issue with subsequent papers presenting the latest details of these interactions in each particular group of vectors. Hopefully, this paper will fill a void in the literature since brief descriptions of vector immunity have now been brought together in one publication and could form a starting point for those interested and new to this important area. Descriptions are given on the immune reactions of mosquitoes, blackflies, sandflies, tsetse flies, lice, fleas and triatomine bugs. Cellular and humoral defences are described separately but emphasis is made on the co-oper

SUBMITTER: Ratcliffe NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10974449 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature