ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science2018
Densonucleosis viruses ('densoviruses') for mosquito and pathogen control.
Review in Current opinion in insect science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biopesticides as an eco-friendly approach to mosquitoes and their role in reducing transmission of vector-borne disease: updates and prospects.Pest management science · 2026Review
- Infectious transgenesis in arthropods.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Stranger swings: Temperature-dependent upsides and downsides of a densovirus in Aedes albopictus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Small RNA genomics of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes discovers infectious viruses that trigger an RNA interference response.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Mosquito viromes across England and Wales reveal hidden arbovirus signals and limited ecological structuring.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Expression of endogenous Anopheles gambiae microRNAs using an Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) intronic expression system.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Differential prevalence and risk factors for infection with coronaviruses in bats collected from Yunnan Province, China.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
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- Biotechnological Potential of Microorganisms for Mosquito Population Control and Reduction in Vector Competence.Insects · 2023Review
- Composition and global distribution of the mosquito virome - A comprehensive database of insect-specific viruses.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Mosquito densovirus significantly reduces the vector susceptibility to dengue virus serotype 2 in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae).Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Article
- Meta-Viromic Sequencing Reveals Virome Characteristics of Mosquitoes andMicrobiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Editorial: Parvoviruses: from basic research to biomedical and biotechnological applications.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Perspectives of vector management in the control and elimination of vector-borne zoonoses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Parvovirus dark matter in the cloaca of wild birds.GigaScience · 2022Article
- Sexual transmission of Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) leads to disseminated infection in mated females.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors.Parasites & vectors · 2022Review
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Mosquito specific viruses such as densonucleosis viruses ('densoviruses') have long been suggested as alternative mosquito control agents in the face of increasing insecticide resistance. Densoviruses are very species-specific and have been found to infect many important mosquito species. While some strains are highly pathogenic, other strains are more benign. Densoviruses have been proposed as a way to reduce mosquito populations through pathogenic interactions, but genetic strategies such as viral paratrangenesis offer new approaches. As small single-stranded DNA viruses, densoviruses can be easily genetically modified for the expression of genes or non-coding RNAs. A growing literature and variety of techniques have shown the potential for the use of densoviruses in the control of mosquitoes or mosquito-borne pathogens as well as the usefulness of densoviruses as molecular tools for understanding mosquito biology.
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