Ear Institute, University College London, 332 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8EE, UK.
Ear Institute, University College London, 332 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8EE, UK; Animal Health Research Centre, National Center National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, Spanish National Research Council (CISA-INIA-CSIC), 28130 Valdeolmos, Spain.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2024 Dec;66:101271. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101271. Epub 2024 Sep 21.
Vector control is essential for preventing mosquito-borne diseases. However, different challenges associated with the development of insecticide resistance and behavioural adaptations across mosquito populations means novel control strategies are urgently needed. In recent years, disrupting mosquito mating has emerged as an alternative target of control tools because of its potential to reduce mosquito population numbers. Mosquito mating relies on sophisticated auditory processing for mate finding in many medically important species. Manipulating this key process could provide novel methods for mosquito control.
病媒控制对于预防蚊媒疾病至关重要。然而，由于蚊虫种群对杀虫剂产生抗药性和行为适应性方面的不同挑战，意味着急需开发新的控制策略。近年来，干扰蚊子交配已成为控制工具的另一个替代目标，因为它有可能降低蚊子种群数量。许多具有医学重要性的物种在寻找配偶时依赖复杂的听觉处理，操纵这个关键过程可以为蚊子控制提供新方法。
