Shyh-Chi Chen

Sep 25, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Shyh-Chi Chen |Christopher Holmes |Oluwaseun Ajayi |Grace Goodhart

AbstractMosquito-borne diseases have caused more than one million deaths each year. There is an urgent need to develop an effective way to reduce mosquito-host interaction to mitigate disease transmission. Sugar diets have long been linked to abnormal physiology in animals, making them potential candidates for mosquito control. Here, we show the impact of sugar diets on humidity preference and survival in Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens.