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Monitoring of synthetic insecticides resistance and mechanisms among malaria vector mosquitoes in Iran: A systematic review

Heliyon, 2022
Background: In Iran, the prospect of malaria control relies mainly on insecticides used against the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) as important vectors of malaria, arboviruses, and so on.
Ebrahim Abbasi, Mozaffar Vahedi, Masoumeh Bagheri, Saber Gholizadeh, Hamzeh Alipour, Mohammad Djaefar Moemenbellah-Fard   +5 more
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The application of predictive modelling for determining bio-environmental factors affecting the distribution of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Gilgel Gibe watershed in Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2014
Blackflies are important macroinvertebrate groups from a public health as well as ecological point of view. Determining the biological and environmental factors favouring or inhibiting the existence of blackflies could facilitate biomonitoring of rivers ...
A Ambelu, A Cheaib, A Guisan, A Guisan, A Palialexis, Arash Rashed, Argaw Ambelu, B Planque, E Dakou, EG Gibbins, Gert Everaert, IG Jowett, JL Reid, JR Quinlan, K Lock, M Giannoulaki, M Giannoulaki, MA Hall, Magaly Koch, MJ Taylor, MP Austin, N Kazanci, Peter Goethals, Pieter Boets, PLM Goethals, R Figueiró, R Figueiró, R Sadeghi, R Sadeghi, R Zarkami, R Zarkami, S Barry, S Katsanevakis, Seblework Mekonen, SN Wood, ST Mereta, T D’heygere, T Hastie, Taffere Addis, TH Hoang, W Lechthaler   +40 more
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Morphological and Molecular Techniques as an Integrative Approach to Identifying Sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Vectors of Leishmaniasis in the Jazan and Asir Regions, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Zoology
Sandflies are the primary vectors of leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease of major public health concern in Saudi Arabia. While morphological identification remains the standard for species classification in the Jazan and Asir regions, distinguishing ...
Elsiddig Noureldin, Hatim Almutairi, Abdulaziz Almane, Hasabelrasol Elhaj, Alabbas Tami, Anwar M. Hashem, Khalid Shrwani, Eltayeb Awadelkarim, Yahya Hobani, Ali Alasmari, Ashwaq Alnazawi, Maimonah Alghanmi, Yasser Alraey, Abdullah Algaissi, Saeed Alqhtani, Ommer Dafalla   +15 more
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Identification of Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southern Villages of Ahvaz to Khorramshahr Road in Southwest Iran, 2021 [PDF]

Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal, 2023
Background & aim: Ticks, as external parasites, biological carriers and reservoirs of various diseases, play a role in the transmission of various disease agents to humans and animals.
V Ansari, A Hosseinpour, M Vahedi, K Azizi, MJ Moemenbellah-Fard, F Rajayi, B Vazirianzadeh, M Kalantari, H Alipour   +8 more
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Vector-borne diseases in pregnancy [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2020
Vector-borne infections cause a significant proportion of world-wide morbidity and mortality and many are increasing in incidence. This is due to a combination of factors, primarily environmental change, encroachment of human habitats from urban to peri-urban areas and rural to previously uninhabited areas, persistence of poverty, malnutrition and ...
Brendan O’Kelly, John S. Lambert
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Population genetic structure analysis of Anopheles kleini in the Republic of Korea based on the mitochondrial COI gene

Malaria Journal
Background Anopheles kleini is a competent vector mainly observed in the northern, malaria-risk areas of the Republic of Korea (ROK). In this study, the population genetic structure of An.
Haneul Jung, BoGyeong Han, Jung-Won Ju, Hee-Il Lee, Hyun-Il Shin   +4 more
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Low sensitivity of ParaHIT-f rapid malaria test among patients with fever in rural health centers, Northern Tanzania

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Several rapid diagnostic tools for malaria are currently available in local markets. However, diagnostic accuracy varies widely. The present study was conducted to evaluate a cheaply and easily available rapid diagnostic malaria test ...
Eliningaya John Kweka, Asanterabi Lowassa, Shandala Msangi, Epiphania E Kimaro, Ester E Lyatuu, Beda J Mwang'onde, Aneth M Mahande, Humphrey D Mazigo   +7 more
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Kudoa septempunctata Spores Cause Acute Gastroenteric Symptoms in Mouse and Musk Shrew Models as Evidenced In Vitro in Human Colon Cells

Pathogens, 2023
Kudoa septempunctata is a myxosporean parasite that infects the trunk muscles of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and has been reported to cause foodborne illnesses in humans. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying K.
Sung-Hee Hong, Ji-Young Kwon, Soon-Ok Lee, Hee-Il Lee, Sung-Jong Hong, Jung-Won Ju   +5 more
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Creating New β-Globin-Expressing Lentiviral Vectors by High-Resolution Mapping of Locus Control Region Enhancer Sequences. [PDF]

, 2020
Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy is a promising approach for treating disorders of the hematopoietic system. Identifying combinations of cis-regulatory elements that do not impede packaging or transduction efficiency when included in lentiviral ...
Aleshe, Bamidele, Ayoub, Paul George, Brown, Devin, Hollis, Roger P, Kohn, Donald B, Kurita, Ryo, Lathrop, Lindsay, Ma, Feiyang, Morgan, Richard A, Nakamura, Yukio, Pellegrini, Matteo, Senadheera, Shantha, Tam, Curtis, Unti, Mildred J, Wong, Ryan L   +14 more
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Geographic distribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains on chigger mites in the Republic of Korea (2021–2023)

Parasites & Vectors
Background Scrub typhus is caused by the larvae of chigger mites infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi, and many cases are reported globally. The virulence and prevalence of O. tsutsugamushi varies depending on the strain and region.
Hyeon Seung Lee, Byung-Eon Noh, Hyunwoo Kim, Heeil Lee   +3 more
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