Journal
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02036
Keywords
symbiosis; bacterial community; breeding sites; Aedes spp.; vector control
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- European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme [ERC-CoG 682394]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research FARE-MIUR project [R1623HZAH5]
- Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant [RGP0007/2017]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR): Dipartimenti Eccellenza Program (2018-2022) Department of Biology and Biotechnology L. Spallanzani, University of Pavia
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Aedes spp. are a major public health concern due to their ability to be efficient vectors of dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and other arboviruses. With limited vaccines available and no effective therapeutic treatments against arboviruses, the control of Aedes spp. populations is currently the only strategy to prevent disease transmission. Host-associated microbes (i.e., microbiota) recently emerged as a promising field to be explored for novel environmentally friendly vector control strategies. In particular, gut microbiota is revealing its impact on multiple aspects of Aedes spp. biology, including vector competence, thus being a promising target for manipulation. Here we describe the technological advances, which are currently expanding our understanding of microbiota composition, abundance, variability, and function in the two main arboviral vectors, the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Aedes spp. microbiota is described in light of its tight connections with the environment, with which mosquitoes interact during their various developmental stages. Unraveling the dynamic interactions among the ecology of the habitat, the mosquito and the microbiota have the potential to uncover novel physiological interdependencies and provide a novel perspective for mosquito control.
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