This study adjusts laboratory methods to better manipulate field-derived Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, improving blood feeding and fertilization monitoring techniques.

bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2025 · PreprintZoology

A genomic duplication spanning multiple P450s contributes to insecticide resistance in the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti

Tiphaine Bacot, Chloé Haberkorn, Joseph Guilliet, Julien Cattel, Mary Kefi, Louis Nadalin, Jonathan Filée, Frédéric Boyer, Thierry Gaude, Frédéric Laporte, Jordan Tutagata, John G. VONTAS, Isabelle Dusfour, Jean‐Marc Bonneville, Jean‐Philippe David

This study identifies a genomic duplication of multiple P450 genes in Aedes aegypti that enhances deltamethrin resistance and reveals its evolutionary origin and fitness costs.

Peer Community Journal · Nov 28, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

A DNA barcode library for Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of South America with the description of two cryptic species of subgenus Melanoconion

Stanislas Talaga, Amandine Guidez, Benoı̂t de Thoisy, Anne Lavergne, Romuald Carinci, Pascal Gaborit, Jean Issaly, Isabelle Dusfour, Jean‐Bernard Duchemin

This study establishes a DNA barcode library for Culex mosquitoes in French Guiana using COI sequences, identifies two cryptic species, and evaluates molecular delimitation methods.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Relevance study of vector competence and insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti laboratory lines

Lanjiao Wang, Albin Fontaine, Pascal Gaborit, Amandine Guidez, Jean Issaly, Romain Girod, Mirdad Kazanji, Dominique Rousset, Marco Vignuzzi, Yanouk Epelboin, Isabelle Dusfour

This study examines how insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti affects vector competence for chikungunya virus, finding differences in viral dissemination rates among lines with varying resistance profiles.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology · Jun 28, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

A new high-throughput tool to screen mosquito-borne viruses in Zika virus endemic/epidemic areas

Sara Moutailler, Léna Yousfi, Laurence Mousson, Elodie Devillers, Marie Vazeille, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Yvon Perrin, Frédéric Jourdain, Fabrice Chandre, Arnaud Cannet, Sandrine Chantilly, Johana Restrepo, Amandine Guidez, Isabelle Dusfour, Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, , Anna‐Bella Failloux

The paper introduces a high-throughput tool to detect arboviruses in mosquitoes from Zika-endemic regions, showing its effectiveness in identifying circulating viruses.

Viruses · Sep 27, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Combining genetic crosses and pool targeted DNA-seq for untangling genomic variations associated with resistance to multiple insecticides in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti

Julien Cattel, Frédéric Faucon, Bastien Le Péron, Stéphanie Sherpa, Marie Monchal, Lucie Grillet, Thierry Gaude, Frédéric Laporte, Isabelle Dusfour, Stéphane Reynaud, Jean‐Philippe David

This study combines genetic crosses with targeted DNA sequencing to identify resistance alleles in multi-resistant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes exposed to insecticides.

Evolutionary Applications · Sep 11, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics

Diverse laboratory colonies of Aedes aegypti harbor the same adult midgut bacterial microbiome

Laura B. Dickson, Amine Ghozlane, Stevenn Volant, Christiane Bouchier, Laurence Ma, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Isabelle Dusfour, Davy Jiolle, Christophe Paupy, Martin N. Mayanja, Alain Kohl, Julius Julian Lutwama, Veasna Duong, Louis Lambrechts

The paper compares the midgut bacterial microbiome of geographically diverse Aedes aegypti colonies reared in the same insectary, finding they are similar, suggesting microbiota is environmentally determined.

Parasites & Vectors · Mar 27, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics