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Human behaviors: a threat for mosquito control?
, 2015 Community involvement and the preventive behavior of households are considered to be at the heart of vector-control strategies. In this work, we consider a simple theoretical model that enables us to take into account human behaviors that may interfere ...
Dumont, Y., Thuilliez, J.
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016 Background: Despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004-2014 in Lorestan Province to ...
Ali Chegeni Sharafi +5 more
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Dangerous creatures of the Maltese sea : injuries and treatment : part 2 [PDF]
, 2012 This is the second of a two-part article intended to give information about different organisms which inhabit the Maltese sea and which are potentially harmful.
Sammut, David James
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The roles of inter- and intra-sexual selection in behavioral isolation between native and invasive pupfishes [PDF]
, 2017 Male-male competition and female mate choice may both play important roles in driving and maintaining reproductive isolation between species. When previously allopatric species come into secondary contact with each other due to introductions, they ...
Becher, Cory, Gumm, Jennifer M.
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The Talion law “tooth for a tooth”: self-defense as a motivation for shark bites on human aggressors
Frontiers in Conservation ScienceThe concept of “self-defense,” based on aggression by one individual responding to an initial aggression by another, has been observed in several animal taxa such as birds and terrestrial mammals but never documented in detail in sharks. Based on a multi-
Eric E. G. Clua +2 more
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Salivary Biomarkers in the Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Insects, 2015 Vector control remains the most effective measure to prevent the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. However, the classical entomo-parasitological methods used to evaluate the human exposure to mosquito bites and the effectiveness of control ...
Souleymane Doucoure, Papa Makhtar Drame
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Parasites & VectorsBackground Early evening and outdoor biting by vector mosquitoes undermines the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), as users of nets are exposed to vector biting whilst not under a net, both outdoors and indoors.
Sophie Sarrassat +13 more
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Tick Bites on Humans in Southwestern Region of Turkey: Species Diversity
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2019 Objective:The aim of the present study was to determine tick species found on humans who suffered from tick bite in the Southwestern Anatolia Region, Turkey.Methods:Between January and October 2007, ticks were collected from people admitted to the city ...
Serkan Bakırcı +5 more
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The Pattern of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries Among Patients Attending Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 To determine the pattern of oral and maxillofacial injuries among patients attended at the Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study.
Kileo, Baraka Fredrick
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Incidence of dog bite in Al Muthanna governorate including injuries and its clinical healing in the human [PDF]
Mirror of Research in Veterinary Sciences and Animals, 2017 There are elevations in the number of stray dogs in different governorates in Iraq. Moreover, the number of people who are interested in keeping dog for life purpose has also risen.
Karima Al Salihi +2 more
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