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Herbivore arthropods benefit from vectoring plant viruses

Ecology Letters, 2004
AbstractPlants infected with pathogens often attract the pathogens’ vectors, but it is not clear if this is advantageous to the vectors. We therefore quantified the direct and indirect (through the host plant) effects of a pathogen on its vector.
Belliure, B., Janssen, A., Maris, P.C., Peters, D., Sabelis, M.W.   +4 more
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All‐in‐One Underwater Quality Evaluation Metamaterial With Mechanical Robustness, Sound Attenuation, and Diffuse Reflection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this work, a bioinspired all‐in‐one underwater quality evaluation metamaterial, combining sound attenuation, diffuse reflection, and mechanical robustness, is proposed based on jumping spider locomotion and human skeletal biomechanics. Meanwhile, a CNN‑driven quality evaluation framework is established for theoretically dimension‐reduced ...
Hongze Li, Zhenyu Li, Jinshui Yang, Jianhao Wu, Yidan Chen, Linzhi Wu, Hong Hu, Penglin Gao, Yegao Qu   +8 more
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Juvenile Hormone-Sensitive Ribosomal Activity Enhances Viral Replication in Aedes aegypti

mSystems, 2021
Most flaviviruses are transmitted between hosts by arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes. Since therapeutics or vaccines are lacking for most mosquito-borne diseases, reducing the mosquito vector competence is an effective way to decrease disease burden.
Zuo-Kun Shi, Dan Wen, Meng-Meng Chang, Xiao-Mei Sun, Yan-Hong Wang, Chi-Hang Cheng, Li-Qin Zhang, Ai-Hua Zheng, Zhen Zou   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of a Semi-field System to Evaluate the Efficacy of Topical Repellents under user Conditions Provides a Disease Exposure free Technique Comparable with Field Data. [PDF]

, 2014
Before topical repellents can be employed as interventions against arthropod bites, their efficacy must be established. Currently, laboratory or field tests, using human volunteers, are the main methods used for assessing the efficacy of topical ...
A Khan, A Kiszewski, BG Knols, C Schreck, Daniel Lugiko, Dickson Lweitojera, DR Barnand, DR Barnard, Edgar Mbeyela, Emmanuel Simfukwe, FO Okumu, FW Edwards, G Killeen, G White, Hassan Ngonyani, HM Ferguson, J Carroll, J Hill, J Ijumba, JA Klun, JA Scott, Japhet Kihonda, L Durnez, L Rutledge, L Rutledge, M Rowland, M Rowland, Marta Maia, ME Sinka, MS Fradin, N Hill, Onyango Sangoro, RD Xue, S Renggli, Sarah Moore, SJ Moore, SP Carroll, T Krober, TL Russell, U Obermayr, W Takken, WHO, WHOPES   +42 more
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Secreted Nonstructural Protein 3 is a Pathogenic Determinant of Orbivirus

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers a conserved PIP2‐dependent secretory pathway of orbivirus NS3 that induces vascular leakage. Pharmacological disruption of PIP2‐NS3 interaction significantly reduces viral pathogenicity and provides protective efficacy in murine models, establishing PIP2‐mediated NS3 secretion as both a key virulence determinant and a promising ...
Junyong Guan, Dong Zhou, Ran Shao, Xing Liu, Jin Peng, Yingran Huang, Shuhui Qi, Cankun Xi, Menghang Wang, Bin Sun, Yinglin Qi, Xin Yin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Tick Microbiome Explain Nonlinear Relationship between Tick Abundance and Lyme Disease Incidence?

Pathogens, 2023
Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) are hematophagous ectoparasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of vertebrate hosts, posing significant concern due to their unrivaled capacity to transmit various pathogens, which surpasses those of all other known arthropod ...
Miray Tonk-Rügen, Zbigniew Zając, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zika virus and the never-ending story of emerging pathogens and transfusion medicine [PDF]

, 2016
In the last few years, the transfusion medicine community has been paying special attention to emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by arboviruses.
Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M, Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +4 more
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Arthropods as vectors of transmissible diseases in Spain

Medicina Clínica (English Edition), 2018
Different aspects related to globalization together with the great capacity of the arthropod vectors to adapt to a changing world favour the emergence and reemergence of numerous infectious diseases transmitted by them. Diptera (mosquitoes and sandflies), ticks, fleas and lice, among others, cause a wide spectrum of diseases with relevance in public ...
Portillo, Arantza, Ruiz Arrondo, Ignacio, Oteo, José A.   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative and functional anatomy of masticatory muscles and bite force in opossums (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
We describe the functional anatomy of masticatory muscles in nine opossums, finding a generalized anatomical pattern with differences related to skull morphology. Variation in quantitative myological data and estimated bite force was mostly related to size, and the increase in bite force supports dietary diversification associated with size increase ...
Juann A. F. H. Abreu, Diego Astúa
wiley   +1 more source