Annual-Report-2019

NEW AVENUES FOR THE BEHAVIORAL
MANIPULATION OF DISEASE VECTORS
LE STUDIUM CONFERENCES
AROUND THE PROJECT:
Oral communications
The objectives were to promote
scientific exchanges between leading
scientists in the field of vector
arthropod behaviour. It was a very
successful conference that gathered
more than 60 scientists from 10
different countries. Talks and posters
included many top-quality studies
about diverse topics involving the
behavior of mosquitoes, kissingbugs
and other vector arthropods.
One relevant outcome is the potential
publication of a book on the sensory
ecology of disease vectors including
contributions by several participants
and other top-scientists in the field.
The book is scheduled for the end of
2021.
There were 22 talks and many posters presented during the conference. Talks
were given exclusively by invited speakers that covered the many aspects being
studied in the field.
BIOLOGIE D’UN ENVAHISSEUR :
LE MOUSTIQUE TIGRE AEDES ALBOPICTUS
LE STUDIUM LECTURES
Dr Guillaume Lacour, from Altopictus
& Pasteur Institute in Guyane gave
a thorough presentation of the tiger
mosquitos Aedes from its origin to
recent expension in Europe.
Native to the forests of Southeast
Asia, the tiger mosquito Aedes
albopictus has recently expanded its
global range at a rate unprecedented
for a mosquito species. Aedes
albopictus settled on the French
Mediterranean coast in 2004 and
since then has continued to expand
throughout France, establishing itself
in Centre-Val de Loire in 2017.
The spread of this species is
creating a new health problem in Europe, as the tiger mosquito is capable
of transmitting arboviruses normally confined to tropical regions. Aedes
albopictus is responsible for the sporadic circulation of dengue in Europe and
for several outbreaks of chikungunya in Italy and France since 2007, with more
than 600 human cases recorded.
The tiger mosquito is closely linked to humans, who provide it with food and
shelter; this biting relationship generates a nuisance that is often unheard of
in peri-urban areas, with real economic and societal consequences.The bioecology
of the tiger mosquito and its adaptive success in the era of globalisation
and global warming conducted to a huge impact at the community and
individual levels.
. Le Studium Thursday, Orleans, France. On a
neglected insect-borne disease, its vectors and
the rational control of parasite transmission.
January 2019.
. International Congress of Invertebrate
Neuropeptides, Campeche, Mexico. Neuropeptide
synthesis in antennae: gene expression profiles
emerging from insect phylogeny. February 2019.
Presenter: Dr Lorenzo.
. MIVEGEC-IRD, Montpellier, France.
Transcriptomic correlates of behavioral statedependency.
April, 2019. Presenter: Dr Lorenzo.
. 8- Vector behavioural Plasticity: a dimension
needing attention, Le Studium Conference “New
avenues on the Behavioural manipulation of
vector behaviour”. Tours, May 2019. Presenter:
Prof. Lazzari.
Scientific publications
. LATORRE-ESTIVALIS, JOSE MANUEL ;
Lorenzo, Marcelo G . Molecular bases of sensory
processes in kissing bugs, vectors of Chagas
disease. Current Opinion in Insect Science, v. 34,
p. 80-84, 2019.
. FERREIRA, R.A. ; GUARNERI, A.A. ; LORENZO,
M.G. Activity and shelter-related behaviour in
Rhodnius prolixus: The role of host odours. Acta
Tropica, v. 196, p. 150-154, 2019.
. Lazzari, C.R. and Cohuet A. Vectors and
medical and veterinary entomology: An
integrative view. Current Opinion in Insect
Science, 34, iii-iv. 2019.
. Lazzari, C.R. The thermal sense of
blood-sucking insects: why physics
matters. Current Opinion in Insect
Science, 34, 112-116. 2019.
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