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Severe infestation by tropical bedbugs (Cimex hemipterus) in Medellín, Colombia. Case series

Case Reports
Introduction: Bedbugs are obligate hematophagous parasites that are difficult to control and eradicate, which can cause a great psychological and economic impact.
Julián Felipe Porras-Villamil, Sandra Sáez-Durán, María Trelis-Villanueva, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Màrius Vicent Fuentes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers of persistent long-lasting insecticidal nets utilization in villages around Lake Tana, Northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Malaria remains a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The use of LLINs is an effective approach to reducing transmission. Persistent use of LLINs is determined by numerous factors.
Asmamaw Malede, Mulugeta Aemero, Sirak Robele Gari, Helmut Kloos, Kassahun Alemu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of mate guarding intensity in crickets as a possible adaptation to sexual conflict over sperm transfer

Journal of Zoology, Volume 326, Issue 1, Page 45-53, May 2025.
Using an experimental evolution approach, we observed the evolution of higher intensity mate guarding behavior in the decorated cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) in one of the four male‐biased selection lines, but in none of the female‐biased lines; previous work has revealed that the males in this specific line also produce less manipulative food gifts ...
Bert Foquet, Jack T. McKermitt, John Hunt, Ben M. Sadd, Scott K. Sakaluk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways between people, wildlife and environmental justice in cities

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 575-595, March 2025.
Abstract Wildlife are increasingly recognized as critical to urban ecosystems, but the impacts and benefits of wildlife on people in cities are poorly understood. Environmental justice scholarship has concluded that elements of the urban environment can create or exacerbate social inequity, but human–wildlife interactions have not been considered ...
Alex McInturff, Lara Volski, Megan M. Callahan, Gretchen Sneegas, David N. Pellow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic placement of vitellogenin proteins, ClVg and ClVg-like, of the bedbug. [PDF]

, 2016
The two Vg protein sequences of the bedbug (bold face) were analyzed with fourteen Vg protein sequences of hemipteran insects and seven Vg protein sequences of other insects, from which the N-terminal region lacking in ClVg-like was removed.
Naruo Nikoh (252469), Takahiro Hosokawa (274770), Takema Fukatsu (212067), Masahiko Tanahashi (313683), Minoru Moriyama (2620609)   +4 more
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Empowering communities through One Health and ArtScience: An innovative approach to combat Chagas disease in endemic areas of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2025.
This study combines One Health and ArtScience to address Chagas disease in Latin America through Chagas Express XXI in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Six workshops revealed significant gaps in local understanding of transmission and control, emphasizing the need for education tailored to endemic socio‐environmental contexts.
Jonathan Gonçalves‐Oliveira, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Teresa C. M. Gonçalves, Suellen Nunes Sarmento, João Paulo S. O. Correia, Rute H. A. de Sousa, Antônia de Castro Ribeiro, Otília Sarquis, Juliana Almeida‐Silva, Sarah C. dos S. Silva, Ana M. Suarez‐Fontes, Roberto Rodrigues Ferreira, Thallyta M. Vieira, Paulo S. D'Andrea, Luciana R. Garzoni, Marcos A. Vannier‐Santos, Tania C. Araujo‐Jorge   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Questionnaire survey of common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) infestations in Israel [PDF]

, 2011
The number of reports of human bedbug infestations has dramatically in­creased worldwide since the mid-1990s. Personal reports by Pest Manage­ment Professionals (PMPs) in Israel indicated that in recent years bedbugs have spread all over the country. The
Mumcuoglu, Kosta, Shalom, Uri
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Age-related reproductive parameters of the common bedbug Cimex lectularius. [PDF]

, 2013
Mating rate (a), size of sperm vesicles (b), sperm density (c), and the volume of sperm (VS) (d) and seminal fluid (VF) (e) increases with male age in the common bedbug. VS (d) is a composite measure of sperm vesicle size and sperm density.
Richard Naylor (348450), Klaus Reinhardt (290801), Michael T. Siva-Jothy (348451)   +2 more
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Role of Tsukamurella species in human infections: first literature review

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Tsukamurella is an aerobic, Gram-positive and nonmotile bacterium. It was first isolated in 1941 from the mycetoma and ovaries of the bedbug. The primary strains were named Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Gordona aurantiaca and are different from the ...
S. Safaei, M. Fatahi-Bafghi, Omid Pouresmaeil   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visions of Community Health and the Social Good in Kenya: Turning Community Health Workers into Entrepreneurs

Development and Change, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 278-305, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In East Africa, social enterprises that fuse development work with entrepreneurial activities and a language of ‘innovation’ are becoming prominent. Critical of the NGO/donor model, which they hold as unsustainable, such organizations are funded by corporate investment and philanthropic capital but aim for self‐reliance through enlisting local
Edwin Ambani Ameso, Ruth Jane Prince
wiley   +1 more source