节肢动物媒介携带并复制病毒，这些病毒在人类、动物或植物宿主中循环并繁殖，但只在宿主中引起疾病和死亡。大多数节肢动物媒介是昆虫。了解昆虫如何承受和传播病毒对于设计打断病毒传播链的方法具有重大意义。阐明媒介与病毒之间复杂的相互作用对于理解宿主与病毒之间独特的相互作用至关重要。这些知识是未来开发环境可持续的病毒疾病预防和控制措施的前提。

由崔峰研究员（中国科学院动物研究所）和程功教授（清华大学医学院）共同组织的“节肢动物媒介：高效传播人类和作物病毒的载体”研究专题，在Insect Science 2024年第3期出版。

专题文章目录

Review articles

Immune functions of C-type lectins in medical arthropods

Z. H. Ming, Z. Q. Chen, H. Tong, X. Zhou, T. T. Feng and J. F. Dai

Research progress toward the influence of mosquito salivary proteins on the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses

Z. Y. Wang, K. X. Nie, J. C. Niu and G. Cheng

Implications of mosquito metabolism on vector competence

L. Gao, W. X. Yang and J. W. Wang

Complex interactions among insect viruses-insect vector-arboviruses

H. Wang, Q. Chen and T. Y. Wei

Original articles

Targeting Haemaphysalis longicornis serpin to prevent tick feeding and pathogen transmission

T. T. Feng, H. Tong, Q. Q. Zhang, Z. H. Ming, Z. Y. Song, X. Zhou and J. F. Dai

Role of aminopeptidase N-like in the acquisition of begomoviruses by Bemisia tabaci, the whitefly vector

Y. Y. Fan, Y. Chi, N. Chen, W. J. Cuellar and X. W. Wang

Construction of cytomegalovirus promoter-driven gene expression system in Laodelphax striatellus

X. H. Cheng, W. Zhao, G. H. Liang, H. Lu, Y. M. Fu, Y. M. Li and F. Cui