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| Vézilier, Julien |
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| Nationality |
| French |
| E-Mail |
| julien.vezilier@gmail.com |
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| Master Degree |
| Biology & health, 2005 |
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| About the PhD |
| Field of Research |
| Parasitology, Evolutionary biology |
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| Thesis Title |
| Insecticide resistance and malaria transmission |
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| Abstract |
| Many of the most dangerous infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever or leishmaniasis, are transmitted to humans by haematophagous insect vectors. Since their invention, insecticides played a central role in reducing... |
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| Many of the most dangerous infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever or leishmaniasis, are transmitted to humans by haematophagous insect vectors. Since their invention, insecticides played a central role in reducing disease transmission however their sustained efficiency is threatened by the rapid evolution and spread of insecticide resistance, reported nowadays in all the main insect species that are vector of these diseases (Rivero 2010 PloS Pathogens). Insecticide resistance obviously jeopardizes disease control efforts as it increases the number of vectors available for pathogen transmission. It has recently been argued that insecticide resistance can also modify vectors quality, resulting in increased or decreased disease transmission depending on the magnitude and direction of the physiological changes entailed in insecticide resistant insects (Rivero 2010). To date however, the question whereas insecticide resistant insects are better or worse diseases vector than susceptible ones remains largely overlooked. My PhD aims at answering this problematic using Culex pipiens mosquitoes and their naturally transmitted parasite Plasmodium relictum as a model system. |
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| Supervisor(s) |
| Ana Rivero |
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| Co-Supervisor(s) |
| Sylvain Gandon |
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| University |
| Montpellier 2, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc |
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| Laboratory |
| Institut de Recherche pour le Dévelopement (IRD) |
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| City |
| Montpellier |
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| Country |
| France |
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| Date of Thesis Defence |
| 2011-06-21 |
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| Relevant Publications |
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| Vézilier J, Nicot A, Gandon S & Rivero A (2012) Plasmodium infection decreases fecundity and increases survival of mosquitoes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 279: 4033-4041 |
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| Julien Vézilier, Antoine Nicot, Julien De Lorgeril, Sylvain Gandon, Ana Rivero (2012) The impact of insecticide resistance on Culex pipiens immunity. Evolutionary Applications ISSN 1752-4571 |
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| Rivero A, Vézilier J, Weill M, Read AF, Gandon S (2010) Insecticide control of vector borne diseases: when is insecticide resistance a problem? PLoS Pathogens 6(8): e1001000 |
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| Rivero A, Magaud A, Nicot A, Vézilier J (2011) Energetic costs of insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology. |
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| Vézilier J, Nicot A, Gandon S, Rivero A (2010) Insecticide resistance and malaria transmission: infection rate and oocyst burden in Culex pipiens mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium relictum. Malaria Journal |
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| Publications |
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| Crozet C, Vézilier J, Delfieu V, Nishimura T, Onodera T, Casanova D, Lehmann S, Béranger F. (2006) The truncated 23-230 form of the prion protein localizes to the nuclei of inducible cell lines independently of its nuclear localization signals and is not cytotoxic. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 32: 315-23. |
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| 2013-03-14 12:10:14 |
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Program financially supported by
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