The field of medical entomology is becoming more relevant globally, with the emergence or resurgence of vector-borne diseases, following climate change, habitat destruction and increased risk created by migrations. The rate and efficiency of insect-vectored infectious diseases transmission is intimately related to the physiology of the insect vector and the interactions the insect establishes with the pathogen it vectors, at the tissue, cellular and molecular levels.
This Research Topic welcomes basic, applied and translational research that improves our understanding of the
Physiology of Insect Vectors. Potential areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:
- Anopheles mosquito-Plasmodium parasite interactions
- Aedes mosquito-viral interactions
- Rhodnius prolixus and Chagas disease
- Co-evolution of insect vectors and disease-causing pathogens in humans
- Identification of candidate molecules to stop vector disease transmission
- Sensory tools and host-association in blood-sucking insects
- Circadian rhythms of insect disease vectors
- Microbiomes of blood-feeding arthropods
- Genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics of disease vector
- Thermal physiology of vector borne diseases and climate driven vector bio-ecology
- Physiology, metabolism and hormonal control of digestion, reproduction and development of disease vectors
We welcome the submission of different article types to this collection, especially reviews, mini-reviews, and original research papers. For a complete list of article types that can be considered in the Invertebrate Physiology section, please follow this
linkEven though abstract submission is not mandatory, we encourage all interested researchers to submit an abstract before submitting their manuscript. Abstracts do not have to coincide with the final abstract of the manuscripts.