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Ectoparasites on meso-carnivores in the desert-steppe of Mongolia [PDF]

open access: yesMongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2018
Studying flea community structure on wild carnivores is important for identifying flea vectors for potential infectious diseases and providing information needed to design programs for human and wildlife health.
Tserendorj Munkhzul   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Detection of Dipylidium caninum in Isolated Fleas of Dogs in Meshkinshahr County, Northwest of Iran

open access: yesIranian Journal of Parasitology, 2022
Background: Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) are considered as highly specialized bloodsucking on mammals such as humans, livestock, dog, cat, rabbit, squirrels, rats, and mice.
Amrollah Azarm   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Controlling the Field: Memory, Labor, and Ethics in Oral Histories of Brazilian Human Genetics

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
This article examines how oral histories of twentieth‐century human genetics in Brazil reveal the politics of memory of fieldwork. Through a comparative analysis of interviews with prominent geneticist Francisco M. Salzano and technician Girley V. Simões, who worked with him for most of his career, this study explores the narrative strategies each ...
Rosanna Dent   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

FLEAS OF CTENOCEPHALIDES (SIPHONOPTERA: PULICIDAE) ON CAT AND DOG IN HOME ENVIRONMENT, PALEMBANG CITY

open access: yesJurnal Kedokteran Hewan, 2019
Dogs and cats are often kept as pets, thus they stay close to humans. Parasitic/zoonotic diseases in humans were often caused by ectoparasite in cats and dogs.
Astrid Sri Wahyuni Sumah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entropy and Time

open access: yes, 1999
The emergence of a direction of time in statistical mechanics from an underlying time-reversal-invariant dynamics is explained by examining a simple model.
Aashish A. Clerk   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Host selection and influencing factors of parasitic fleas on the body surface of desert rodents, Inner Mongolia, China

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Fleas frequently parasitize rodents and serve as major vectors for many zoonotic diseases. The Alxa Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, is a typical arid region in Asia, which is suitable for the coexistence of a variety of rodents in this environment ...
Haiwen Yan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source

Ectoparasites of Isle Royale, Michigan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Isle Royale National Park is a rocky archipelago of approximately 200 islands and islets in northwestern Lake Superior. Politically it belongs to the State of Michigan situated 50 miles to the southeast.
Johnson, Wendel J., Wilson, Nixon
core   +3 more sources

Field assessment of insecticide dusting and bait station treatment impact against rodent flea and house flea species in the Madagascar plague context.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Bubonic is the most prevalent plague form in Madagascar. Indoor ground application of insecticide dust is the conventional method used to control potentially infected rodent fleas that transmit the plague bacterium from rodents to humans. The use of bait
Adélaïde Miarinjara   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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