Corresponding author: apardo@unq.edu.ar
Laboratorio de Micología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Roque Sáenz Peña 352, (B1876BXD) Bernal, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Insects are one of the most significant causes of vector-transmitted human diseases and agricultural pests. In fact, dengue, yellow fever and malaria transmitted by mosquitoes are still among the most serious public health problems in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, mostly in poor and in socially underdeveloped countries.