Compositions and related methods for controlling vector-borne diseases

Provided herein are agents, compositions, and methods useful for animal health, e.g., for altering the level, activity, or metabolism of one or more microorganisms resident in a host insect (e.g., arthropod, e.g., insect, e.g., pathogen vector), the alteration resulting in a decrease in the fitness...

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Hauptverfasser:	Avendano Amado, Maier Steve, Armen, Zachary Garo, Martinez, Ignacio, Martin, Barry Andrew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES CHEMISTRY FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	Provided herein are agents, compositions, and methods useful for animal health, e.g., for altering the level, activity, or metabolism of one or more microorganisms resident in a host insect (e.g., arthropod, e.g., insect, e.g., pathogen vector), the alteration resulting in a decrease in the fitness of the host. The invention features a composition that includes an agent (e.g., phage, peptide, small molecule, antibiotic, or combinations thereof) that can alter the host's microbiota in a manner that is detrimental to the host. By disrupting microbial levels, microbial activity, microbial metabolism, or microbial diversity, the agents described herein may be used to decrease the fitness of a variety of insects that carry vector-borne pathogens that cause disease in animals.