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Vector Borne Infectious Diseases and Vectors: Biology, Genetics, Evolution, and Control

A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 2338

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bin Chen

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College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Interests: entomology; biochemistry and molecular biology; genomics; pest control
Prof. Dr. Qian Han

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Laboratory of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and Vector Biology, School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Interests: mosquito; structural biology; enzyme; vector biology; aromatic anino acid
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Dear Colleagues,

Vector-borne infectious diseases have been being a major threat to human health, and the control of infectious diseases and their vectors are still an important challenge. With the wide application of omics and biotechnology, the basic and applied study has been rapidly developed to devote the understanding of basic biological issues and the effective control of infectious diseases and their vectors. Herein, we are establishing a Special Issue with the topic “Vector Borne Infectious Diseases and Vectors: Biology, Genetics, Evolution, and Control” for the journal Genes (ISSN 2073-4425).

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform to report the current studies on the biology, genetics, evolution, and control of vector-borne pathogens and their vectors, particularly arthropod vectors including mosquitoes, ticks, biting midges, triatomines, and others. It also publishes the rapidly developing resources, technology, and reviews in these fields. The studies based on omics and functional genomics, aiming to elucidate molecular mechanism or develop genetic control technology, are particularly welcome. All manuscripts will be subject to the peer-review process to assess their quality before they are published. All articles published will be accessible online immediately upon publication.

Prof. Dr. Bin Chen
Prof. Dr. Qian Han
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Keywords

  • infectious disease
  • vector-borne pathogen
  • vector
  • biology
  • genetics
  • evolution
  • control technology
  • resources

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Morphological and Molecular Identification of Hard Ticks in Hainan Island, China
by Jitrawadee Intirach, Xin Lv, Qian Han, Zhi-Yue Lv and Tao Chen
Genes 2023, 14(8), 1592; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14081592 - 06 Aug 2023
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Abstract
Ticks are small, blood-sucking arachnids, known vectors of various diseases, and found throughout the world. They are distributed basically in almost all regions of China. At present, there is not much information regarding tick species on Hainan Island. They were subjected to morphological [...] Read more.
Ticks are small, blood-sucking arachnids, known vectors of various diseases, and found throughout the world. They are distributed basically in almost all regions of China. At present, there is not much information regarding tick species on Hainan Island. They were subjected to morphological identification and imaging on an individual basis. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on cox1 and 16S rRNA genes, were utilized to identify the species and determine their approximate phylogenetic origin and genetic diversity. The genomic DNA of tick species was extracted, and cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes were amplified and sequenced. The identification of five tick species, namely Rhipicephalus microplus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, Haemaphysalis cornigera and Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis, was carried out by morphological analysis. When employing the cox1 and 16S rRNA phylogenetic tree, all isolates of R. microplus from Hainan Island were classified as clade A and B, respectively. R. sanguineus was recognized as a member of the tropical lineage by phylogenetic analysis on the cox1 and 16S rRNA genes. Three phylogenetic groups of R. haemaphysaloides were recognized and found to be related closely to strains from China. H. cornigera and H. mageshimaensis formed one phylogenetic group, presumably from tick strains prevalent in Japan and China. The haplotype network analysis indicated that R. microplus is classed into 26 and 6 haplotypes, which correspond to cox1 and 16S rRNA gene assemblages, respectively. In addition, four cox1 haplotypes were detected in R. sanguineus. This is the first evidence that suggests genetic diversity, host range and geographical distribution of hard ticks in Hainan Island, China. Full article
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