An update and review of arthropod vector sensory systems: Potential targets for behavioural manipulation by parasites and other disease agents

TitleAn update and review of arthropod vector sensory systems: Potential targets for behavioural manipulation by parasites and other disease agents
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2024
JournalAdv Parasitol
Volume124
Date Published03/2024
AuthorsDoherty JF, Ames T, Brewster LI, Chiang J, Cyr E, Kelsey CR, Lee JP, Liu B, Lo IHY, Nirwal GK, Mohammed YG, Phelan O, Seyfourian P, Shannon DM, Tochor NK, Matthews BJ
KeywordsHost manipulation, parasite, receptor, Sensory system, Vector, Vector-borne disease
Abstract

An important yet overlooked component of arthropod vector ecology are the phenotypic changes observed in infected vectors that increase disease transmission. While our fundamental understanding of sensory mechanisms in disease vectors has drastically increased due to recent advances in genome engineering, for example, the advent of CRISPR-Cas9, and high-throughput "big data" approaches (genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, etc.), we still do not know if and how parasites manipulate vector behaviour. Here, we review the latest research on arthropod vector sensory systems and propose key mechanisms that disease agents may alter to increase transmission.

URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065308X24000046?via%3Dihub