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Ťahyňa virus—A widespread, but neglected mosquito‐borne virus in Europe

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 70, Issue 5, Page 371-382, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Ťahyňa virus (TAHV) is an orthobunyavirus and was the first arbovirus isolated from mosquitoes in Europe and is associated with floodplain areas as a characteristic biotope, hares as reservoir hosts and the mammal‐feeding mosquitoes Aedes vexans as the main vector.
Kristína Mravcová, Jeremy V. Camp, Zdeněk Hubálek, Silvie Šikutová, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Jolyon M. Medlock, Ivo Rudolf   +6 more
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Medicinal Plants of Solanum Species: The Promising Sources of Phyto‐Insecticidal Compounds

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Several medicinal plants have the potential to be a promising alternative pharmacological therapy for a variety of human illnesses. Many insects, including mosquitoes, are important vectors of deadly pathogens and parasites, which in the world’s growing human and animal populations can cause serious epidemics and pandemics. Medicinal plants continue to
Kumarappan Chidambaram, Taha Alqahtani, Yahia Alghazwani, Afaf Aldahish, Sivakumar Annadurai, Kumar Venkatesan, Kavitha Dhandapani, Ellappan Thilagam, Krishnaraju Venkatesan, Premalatha Paulsamy, Rajalakshimi Vasudevan, Geetha Kandasamy, Mohammed Bourhia   +12 more
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A DNA barcode reference library of Portuguese mosquitoes

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 68, Issue 8, Page 926-936, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Mosquitoes are important biological vectors of pathogens and species identification in all life stages is the first step for effective monitoring and control of mosquito‐borne diseases. Molecular methods for species identification have been developed over the last years to overcome the limitations of the taxonomic identification based on ...
Sara Madeira, Ana Duarte, Fernando Boinas, Hugo Costa Osório   +3 more
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Omalizumab for prevention of anaphylactic episodes in a patient with severe mosquito allergy

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2021., 2021
Anaphylaxis after mosquito bite is rare, but life threatening. No approved preventive therapy is available to date, but omalizumab could be a promising therapeutic option for reducing risk and improving quality of life in these patients. Abstract Anaphylaxis after mosquito bite is rare, but life threatening.
Elisa Meucci, Anna Radice, Filippo Fassio, Maria Loredana Chiara Iorno, Donatella Macchia   +4 more
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Review of Anopheles Mosquito Species, Abundance, and Distribution in Ethiopia

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Malaria is a major mosquito‐borne disease in Ethiopia, and it is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are the two malaria‐causing parasitic species commonly known to cause human malaria in Ethiopia.
Fasil Adugna, Melaku Wale, Endalkachew Nibret, Wei Wang   +3 more
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Avaliação de métodos de amostragem da Culicidofauna (Diptera: Culicidae) no semiárido do Brasil

Entomology Beginners, 2022
Avaliamos o desempenho de três diferentes métodos de amostragem da culicidofauna em uma área de Caatinga. Para isto, usamos três diferentes tipos de armadilhas - ovitrampa, larvitrampa e armadilha do tipo Shannon, para coletas mensais durante dois anos.
Renato César de Melo Freire , Taciano Moura Barbosa, Roseli La Corte , Renata Antonaci Gama   +3 more
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Monitoring of synthetic insecticides resistance and mechanisms among malaria vector mosquitoes in Iran: A systematic review

Heliyon, 2022
Background: In Iran, the prospect of malaria control relies mainly on insecticides used against the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) as important vectors of malaria, arboviruses, and so on.
Ebrahim Abbasi, Mozaffar Vahedi, Masoumeh Bagheri, Saber Gholizadeh, Hamzeh Alipour, Mohammad Djaefar Moemenbellah-Fard   +5 more
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Catálogo das coleções entomológicas da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo - (2ª Série II): Culicidae Catalogue of Entomological Collections of the Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (2nd Serie II): Culicidae

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1988
Subfamília ANOPHELINAE: Gênero Anopheles Meigen, 1818; Subfamília CULICINAE: Tribo AEDEOMYIINI: Gênero Aedeomyia Theobald, 1901; Tribo AEDINI: Gênero Aedes Meigen, 1818; Gênero Haemagogus Williston, 1896; Gênero Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827; Tribo ...
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Iná Kakitani   +2 more
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The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996
A list of type specimens of 100 mosquito species deposited in the Entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is presented. It includes five holotypes belonging to the subfamily Anophelinae; 56 holotypes of Culicinae and two of ...
Verônica Marchon-Silva, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Magaly Dolsan de Almeida, Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos, Jane Costa   +4 more
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Occurence of larval Culicidae (Diptera) in water retained in Aquascypha hydrophora (Fungus: Stereaceae) in Central Amazônia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
The community structure of insects, especially mosquito larvae, in water held in the fungus Aquascypha hydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Stereaceae) is reported.
Ruth LM Ferreira, Aldenira F Oliveira, Eleny S Pereira, Neusa Hamada   +3 more
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