Progress of researches on symbionts in the management of mosquito-borne infectious diseases
10.16250/j.32.1374.2020333
- VernacularTitle:共生菌在控制蚊媒传染病中的研究进展
- Author:
Jia-Chen LU
1
;
Fei-Hu SHEN
1
;
Yao LEI
1
;
Qin-Wen XU
1
;
Bo YANG
1
;
Yang CHENG
1
Author Information
1. Laboratory of Pathogen Infection and Immunity, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214000, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mosquito-borne infectious disease;
Symbiont;
Vector competence;
Vector control
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2021;33(5):544-550
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mosquitoes are the main vectors of many infectious diseases, including malaria and yellow fever, which seriously threaten human health across the world. In addition to the use of chemical insecticides, genetic control is a new attempt to currently available interventions used for mosquito vector control. In terms of ecological safety, however, symbiotic control as a novel approach has been proposed for mosquito control. Since there are multiple symbiotic microflora inhabiting in a variety of tissues of mosquitoes, including the digestive tract, they may affect the transmission of mosquito-borne infectious diseases through affecting the lifespan, reproductive competence, and vector competence of the host. In this review, the interactions between symbionts in mosquitoes were summarized, and the research progress of mosquito-associated symbionts in the management of mosquitoborne infectious diseases was reviewed.
