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Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009
Vectors of infectious diseases are generally thought to be regulated by abiotic conditions such as climate or the availability of specific hosts or habitats. In this study we tested whether blacklegged ticks, the vectors of Lyme disease, granulocytic anaplasmosis and babesiosis can be regulated by the species of vertebrate hosts on which they ...
Mary Killilea, Mary Killilea, Richard S. Ostfeld, Kathleen LoGiudice, Holly Vuong, Shannon Duerr, Felicia Keesing, Jesse L. Brunner, Kenneth A. Schmidt   +8 more
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A Simple and Efficient Tool for Trapping Gravid Anopheles at Breeding Sites. [PDF]

, 2011
No effective tool currently exists for trapping ovipositing malaria vectors. This creates a gap in our ability to investigate the behavior and ecology of gravid Anopheles.\ud Here we describe a simple trap that collects ovipositing Anopheline and ...
Devine, Gregor, Dongus, Stefan, Harris, Caroline, Kihonda, Japhet, Lwetoijera, Dickson, Majambere, Silas   +5 more
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Ecology: a prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication [PDF]

, 2010
* Existing front-line vector control measures, such as insecticide-treated nets and residual sprays, cannot break the transmission cycle of Plasmodium falciparum in the most intensely endemic parts of Africa and the Pacific * The goal of malaria ...
A Bhattarai, A Kiszewski, A Saul, Anna Dornhaus, Arlyne Beeche, AY Vittor, BL Sharp, C Garrett-Jones, C Lengeler, Christian Borgemeister, CR Rodriguez-Saona, D Fish, DL Smith, DL Smith, Durland Fish, EJ Scholte, EO Lyimo, EP Odum, FO Okumu, G Giglioli, G MacDonald, G Müller, G Müller, G Zhou, Gerry F. Killeen, GF Killeen, GF Killeen, GF Killeen, GJ Devine, GJ Yang, GP Garcia, GW Fegan, H Briegel, H Mshinda, H Pates, H Ranson, H Townson, HD Trung, Heather M. Ferguson, HM Ferguson, HM Ferguson, I Bates, I Bates, I Tirados, IN Lyimo, J Cox-Singh, J Keiser, J Keiser, JA Najera, JA Patz, JA Patz, JC Beier, John E. Gimnig, JP Grieco, L Kelly-Hope, L Molineaux, L Roberts, M Coluzzi, M Rowland, MA Riehle, Michael Gottlieb, Mir S. Mulla, MJ Kirby, MN Bayoh, MT Gillies, MT Gillies, MT Gillies, NJ Govella, R Feachem, RL Kouznetsov, SJ Ceesay, TW Scott, U Fillinger, W Gu, W Gu, W Gu, WA Hawley, WP O'Meara, Y Geissbuhler   +78 more
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Ecology models and Newton vector fields

Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 1988
The paper deals with the visual examination of the global behaviour of solutions to autonomous systems of differential equations. A simple method to do this is to integrate numerically in forward time and then to draw the phase portraits and the Poincaré sections of the corresponding flows by computer.
Julian I. Palmore, Harold E. Benzinger, Scott A. Burns   +2 more
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Vector Immunity and Evolutionary Ecology: The Harmonious Dissonance [PDF]

Trends in Immunology, 2018
Recent scientific breakthroughs have significantly expanded our understanding of arthropod vector immunity. Insights in the laboratory have demonstrated how the immune system provides resistance to infection, and in what manner innate defenses protect against a microbial assault.
Joao H. F. Pedra, Elena A. Levashina, Utpal Pal, Jonathan C. Kagan, Ann T. Tate, David Schneider, Dana K. Shaw, Erol Fikrig, Erol Fikrig   +8 more
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Japanese encephalitis: the vectors, ecology and potential for expansion [PDF]

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a viral disease predominantly located in South East Asia and commonly associated with transmission between amplifying hosts, such as pigs, and the mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus, where human infection represents a dead end in the life cycle of the virus.
James C Pearce, Benjamin Langendorf, Tristan P Learoyd, James G. Logan   +3 more
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Ecology of Malaria Vectors in an Endemic Area, Southeast of Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2021
Background: Malaria has long been regarded as one of the most important public health issues in Iran. Although the country is now in the elimination phase, some endemic foci of malaria are still present in the southeastern areas of the country. In some endemic foci, there are no data on the malaria vectors.
Sedigheh Kheirandish, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Mehran Mahmoudi, Hamideh Edalat, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi   +4 more
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Intra-dance variation among waggle runs and the design of efficient protocols for honey bee dance decoding [PDF]

, 2012
Noise is universal in information transfer. In animal communication, this presents a challenge not only for intended signal receivers, but also to biologists studying the system.
Couvillon, Margaret J, Harris-Jones, Elisabeth L, Kuepfer, Amanda M, Mackenzie-Smith, Samantha J, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Riddell Pearce, Fiona C, Rozario, Laura A, Schürch, Roger   +7 more
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Adult vector control, mosquito ecology and malaria transmission [PDF]

International Health, 2015
Standard advice regarding vector control is to prefer interventions that reduce the lifespan of adult mosquitoes. The basis for this advice is a decades-old sensitivity analysis of 'vectorial capacity', a concept relevant for most malaria transmission models and based solely on adult mosquito population dynamics.
Brady, O. J., Godfray, H. C. J., Tatem, A. J., Gething, P. W., Cohen, J. M., McKenzie, F. E., Alex Perkins, T., Reiner, R. C., Tusting, L. S., Scott, T. W., Lindsay, S. W., Hay, S. I., Smith, D. L.   +12 more
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An overview of recent research in marine biological invasions [PDF]

, 2017
The Topical Collection on Invasive Species includes 50 articles addressing many tenets of marine invasion ecology. The collection covers important topics relating to propagule pressure associated with transport vectors, species characteristics ...
Briski, Elizabeta, Chan, Farrah T.
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