Laboratory study of the biology and behaviour of Diplonychus sp (Belostomatidae) and its vector competence in the transmission to humans of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the pathogen causing Buruli ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa). [PDF]
, 2010 Buruli ulcer is a skin infection caused by a mycobacterium occurring in the environment, Mycobacterium ulcerans. Ranked third in terms of number of mycobacterial infections after leprosy and tuberculosis, its epidemiology is the most poorly understood ...
B.A. Koné +10 more
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Comunidade de invertebrados bentônicos e estrutura trófica em dois lagos antrópicos
Biotemas, 2019 Os invertebrados bentônicos são importantes, tanto em ecossistemas lóticos como lênticos, por conta da contribuição ecológica na ciclagem de nutrientes, na passagem do fluxo de energia pelos níveis tróficos.
Sílvia Topulniak +3 more
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DISTRIBUTION, DIET, AND PREVALENCE OF AMPHIBIAN CHYTRID FUNGUS IN NON-NATIVE AMERICAN BULLFROGS (LITHOBATES CATESBEIANUS) AT THE VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEBRASKA, USA [PDF]
, 2014 American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) have been widely introduced beyond their native range in North America and can negatively affect organisms in wetland environments via a suite of mechanisms including interspecific interactions and disease ...
Geluso, Keith +4 more
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Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates [PDF]
, 2016 The intensity of biotic interactions varies around the world, in such a way that mortality risk imposed by natural enemies is usually higher in the tropics.
Bueno, Pedro P. +3 more
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of population structure for macro invertebrates families in a continuum dam - effluent - river in irrigated system. Volta Basin (Burkina Faso) [PDF]
, 2014 A monthly sampling of benthic macro invertebrates was carried out at the hydro-agricultural dam of Boura in the Volta watershed basin (Burkina) during the period of February through July 2012 in order to describe the structuring of insect succession ...
Cecchi, Philippe +2 more
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Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2003 Se presenta una lista preliminar de las especies acuáticas y semiacuáticas de Heteroptera, obtenidas en el Parque Nacional Mburucuyá. Se registran 46 especies, incluidas en 14 familias; sólo Rheumatobates minutus flavidus Drake & Harris (Gerridae) había ...
Mónica L. LÓPEZ RUF +2 more
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Survey of Water Bugs in Bankim, a New Buruli Ulcer Endemic Area in Cameroon
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012 Buruli ulcer is a debitliating human skin disease with an unknown transmission mode although epidemiological data link it with swampy areas. Data available suggest that aquatic insects play a role in the dissemination and/or transmission of this disease.
Solange Meyin A. Ebong +6 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2008 Representantes do grupo plebejum são encontrados de Honduras até o sul da América do Sul e compreendem sete espécies de pequeno porte. Como resultado de um estudo de revisão do grupo, são descritas duas espécies novas: Belostoma estevezae Ribeiro ...
José Ricardo Inacio Ribeiro +1 more
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Diversity of Water Bugs in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan
Journal of Bioresource Management, 2017 Water bugs fall under the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera, which is further divided into two types, i.e., semi-aquatic (Gerromorpha) and true water bugs (Nepomorpha). They play a vital role as biological control agents and also a source of food for
Muhammad Shahbaz Chattha +4 more
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Insects, 2011 Amphibian predator–insect prey relationships are common in terrestrial habitats, but amphibian larvae are preyed upon by a variety of aquatic hemipterans in aquatic habitats.
Shin-ya Ohba
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