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Monkeypox: Is the ‘vacated niche’ being filled?

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
No abstract available.
Jacqueline Weyer, Lucille H. Blumberg
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Improving the quality of malaria diagnosis in southern Africa through the development of a regional malaria slide bank

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background A malaria slide bank (MSB) is a useful asset for any malaria microscopy testing laboratory to have access to. However, it is not feasible for every country to have its own MSB. If countries are able to pool their resources, a regional MSB is a
Bhavani Moodley, Anderson Chinorumba, Cheryl Hamman, Avhatakali Matamba, Chadwick H. Sikaala, Immo Kleinschmidt, John Frean   +6 more
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Estimates of the population size and dispersal range of Anopheles arabiensis in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for a planned pilot programme to release sterile male mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Anopheles arabiensis is a major malaria vector, recently implicated as contributing to ongoing residual malaria transmission in South Africa, which feeds and rests both indoors and outdoors. This species is, therefore, not effectively targeted
Maria L. Kaiser, Oliver R. Wood, David Damiens, Basil D. Brooke, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Givemore Munhenga   +5 more
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Member species of the Anopheles gambiae complex can be misidentified as Anopheles leesoni

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Accurate Anopheles species identification is key for effective malaria vector control. Identification primarily depends on morphological analysis of field samples as well as molecular species-specific identifications.
Yael Dahan-Moss, Allison Hendershot, Minishca Dhoogra, Henry Julius, Jacek Zawada, Maria Kaiser, Neil F. Lobo, Basil D. Brooke, Lizette L. Koekemoer   +8 more
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Vector Competence of Eucampsipoda africana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) for Marburg Virus Transmission in Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Viruses, 2021
This study aimed to determine the vector competence of bat-associated nycteribiid flies (Eucamsipoda africana) for Marburg virus (MARV) in the Egyptian Rousette Bat (ERB), Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Janusz T. Pawęska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Nadia Storm, Wanda Markotter, Alan Kemp   +4 more
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Interleukin (IL)-33 is dispensable for Schistosoma mansoni worm maturation and the maintenance of egg-induced pathology in intestines of infected mice

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Schistosomes are trematode worms that dwell in their definitive host’s blood vessels, where females lay eggs that need to be discharged into the environment with host excreta to maintain their life-cycle.
Jean Pierre Kambala Mukendi, Risa Nakamura, Satoshi Uematsu, Shinjiro Hamano   +3 more
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Benchmarking insecticide resistance intensity bioassays for Anopheles malaria vector species against resistance phenotypes of known epidemiological significance

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Insecticide use via indoor residual spraying (IRS) or treated nets is the primary method for controlling malaria vector populations. The incidence of insecticide resistance in vector populations is burgeoning globally making resistance ...
Nelius Venter, Shȕné V. Oliver, Mbanga Muleba, Craig Davies, Richard H. Hunt, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Maureen Coetzee, Basil D. Brooke   +7 more
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The dynamic gut microbiota of zoophilic members of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera: Culicidae)

Scientific Reports, 2022
The gut microbiota of mosquitoes plays a critical role in the life history of the animal. There is a growing body of research characterising the gut microbiota of a range of mosquito species, but there is still a paucity of information on some members of
Ashmika Singh, Mushal Allam, Stanford Kwenda, Zamantungwa T. H. Khumalo, Arshad Ismail, Shüné V. Oliver   +5 more
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Biomedical Research, A Tool to Address the Health Issues that Affect African Populations. [PDF]

, 2013
Traditionally, biomedical research endeavors in low to middle resources countries have focused on communicable diseases. However, data collected over the past 20 years by the World Health Organization (WHO) show a significant increase in the number of ...
Peprah, Emmanuel, Wonkam, Ambroise
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Zika virus disease: a public health emergency

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
No abstract available.
P. Jansen van Vuren, A. Kemp, J. Paweska
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