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Artificial Light at Night Increases Aedes aegypti Mosquito Biting Behavior with Implications for Arboviral Disease Transmission.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
Aedes aegypti mosquito is a major vector of arboviral disease. Here, we report that the biting behavior of normally daytime active anthropophilic Ae.
Samuel S. C. Rund   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

BiteOscope, an open platform to study mosquito biting behavior

open access: yeseLife, 2020
Female mosquitoes need a blood meal to reproduce, and in obtaining this essential nutrient they transmit deadly pathogens. Although crucial for the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, blood feeding remains poorly understood due to technological ...
Felix J. H. Hol   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biological variation in Anopheles darlingi root

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996
Behavioural variation in the South American malaria vector Anopheles darlingi is described. At the centre of its distribution, in forest areas close to the city of Manaus, Brazil, it is primarily exophagic and exophilic.
JD Charlwood
doaj   +1 more source

Insecticidal and Biting Deterrent Activities of Magnolia grandiflora Essential Oils and Selected Pure Compounds against Aedes aegypti

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
In our natural products screening program for mosquitoes, we tested essential oils extracted from different plant parts of Magnolia grandiflora L. for their insecticidal and biting deterrent activities against Aedes aegypti.
Abbas Ali   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative evaluation of biting force and chewing efficiency of all-on-four treatment concept with other treatment modalities in completely edentulous individuals

open access: yesThe Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society, 2020
Aim: To compare and evaluate biting force and chewing efficiency of all-on-four treatment concept, implant-supported overdenture, and conventional complete denture. Settings and Design: Invivo – comparative study.
R. Soni   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Experimental evidence of mechanical lumpy skin disease virus transmission by Stomoxys calcitrans biting flies and Haematopota spp. horseflies

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2019
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a devastating disease of cattle characterized by fever, nodules on the skin, lymphadenopathy and milk drop. Several haematophagous arthropod species like dipterans and ticks are suspected to play a role in the transmission of ...
C. Sohier   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantifying the risk of rabies in biting dogs in Haiti

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
Rabies is a fatal viral disease typically transmitted through the bite of rabid animal. Domestic dogs cause over 99% of human rabies deaths. Over half of the world’s population lives in a country where the canine rabies virus variant is endemic and dog ...
Xiaoyue Ma   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A “Viper” Bite [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1892
As cases of poisoning from the bite of venomous reptiles are happily rare in this country, it may prove interesting to some of your readers if I relate my experience on this matter.
openaire   +3 more sources

Culicoides Biting Midges—Underestimated Vectors for Arboviruses of Public Health and Veterinary Importance

open access: yesViruses, 2019
Culicoides biting midges, small hematophagous dipterans, are the demonstrated or putative vectors of multiple arboviruses of veterinary and public health importance.
F. Sick, M. Beer, H. Kampen, K. Wernike
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identifying the snake: First scoping review on practices of communities and healthcare providers confronted with snakebite across the world.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundSnakebite envenoming is a major global health problem that kills or disables half a million people in the world's poorest countries. Biting snake identification is key to understanding snakebite eco-epidemiology and optimizing its clinical ...
Isabelle Bolon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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