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. 2023 May 25;17(8):1143–1152. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01436-7

Fig. 4. Strategies of holobiont manipulation for mosquito control and pathogen transmission.

Fig. 4

We face increasing challenges from vector mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases, including rapid invasion by vectors leading to expanded distributions, high adaptive potential of host mosquitoes, challenges in outbreaks of new vectors, and the increasing resistance of mosquitoes to various pesticides and repellents. Mosquitoes and microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protists) interact as a holobiont. Holobiont manipulation provide new promising strategies for mosquito-borne diseases control. The application of omics techniques are providing new effective methods to help understand mechanisms underlying mosquito-microbiota interactions.