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Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Tsetse flies use olfactory and gustatory responses, through odorant and gustatory receptors (ORs and GRs), to interact with their environment. Glossina morsitans morsitans genome ORs and GRs were annotated using homologs of these genes in Drosophila ...
George F O Obiero, Paul O Mireji, Steven R G Nyanjom, Alan Christoffels, Hugh M Robertson, Daniel K Masiga   +5 more
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Establishment and partial characterisation of a new cell line derived from adult tissues of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Insect cell lines play a vital role in many aspects of research on disease vectors and agricultural pests. The tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans is an important vector of salivarian trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa and, as such, is a ...
Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Lee R. Haines, Giovanni Petrucci, Alexandra Beliavskaia, Catherine Hartley, Jing Jing Khoo, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Alistair C. Darby   +8 more
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Characterization and Tissue Tropism of Newly Identified Iflavirus and Negeviruses in Glossina morsitans morsitans Tsetse Flies [PDF]

Viruses, 2021
Tsetse flies cause major health and economic problems as they transmit trypanosomes causing sleeping sickness in humans (Human African Trypanosomosis, HAT) and nagana in animals (African Animal Trypanosomosis, AAT).
Irene K. Meki, Hannah-Isadora Huditz, Anton Strunov, René A. A. van der Vlugt, Henry M. Kariithi, Mohammadreza Rezapanah, Wolfgang J. Miller, Just M. Vlak, Monique M. van Oers, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla   +9 more
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Hsp70/J-protein machinery from Glossina morsitans morsitans, vector of African trypanosomiasis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the sole vectors of the protozoan parasites of the genus Trypanosoma, the causative agents of African Trypanosomiasis.
Stephen J Bentley, Aileen Boshoff
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Expansions of chemosensory gene orthologs among selected tsetse fly species and their expressions in Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse fly. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Tsetse fly exhibit species-specific olfactory uniqueness potentially underpinned by differences in their chemosensory protein repertoire. We assessed 1) expansions of chemosensory protein orthologs in Glossina morsitans morsitans, Glossina pallidipes ...
Joy M Kabaka, Benson M Wachira, Clarence M Mang'era, Martin K Rono, Ahmed Hassanali, Sylvance O Okoth, Vincent O Oduol, Rosaline W Macharia, Grace A Murilla, Paul O Mireji   +9 more
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Variations in the Peritrophic Matrix Composition of Heparan Sulphate from the Tsetse Fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans [PDF]

Pathogens, 2018
Tsetse flies are the principal insect vectors of African trypanosomes—sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana in cattle. One of the tsetse fly species, Glossina morsitans morsitans, is host to the parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, a major cause of African ...
Julien Pelletier, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Clair Rose   +2 more
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The Sensory Ecology of Tsetse Flies: Neuroscience Perspectives on a Disease Vector. [PDF]

Eur J Neurosci
Tsetse flies (Glossina sp.) are important disease vectors that feed on vertebrate blood. Host‐seeking depends on a combination of sensory systems, from long‐range senses like olfaction and vision, to shorter‐range senses such as audition, mechanosensation, thermosensation and taste.
Adden A, Prieto-Godino LL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genetic diversity and population structure of Glossina morsitans morsitans in the active foci of human African trypanosomiasis in Zambia and Malawi. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
The tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans, is a significant problem in Zambia and Malawi. It is the vector for the human infective parasite Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which causes human African trypanosomiasis, and various Trypanosoma species ...
Yukiko Nakamura, Junya Yamagishi, Kyoko Hayashida, Naoki Osada, Elisha Chatanga, Cornelius Mweempwa, Kalinga Chilongo, John Chisi, Janelisa Musaya, Noboru Inoue, Boniface Namangala, Chihiro Sugimoto   +11 more
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Phenotypic divergence of Glossina morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae) populations in Zambia: Application of landmark‐based wing geometric morphometrics to discriminate population‐level variation [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
An important consequence of the discontinuous distribution of insect populations within their geographic range is phenotypic divergence. Detection of this divergence can be challenging when it occurs through subtle shifts in morphological traits with ...
Jackson Muyobela, Christian W. W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Catherine L. Sole   +3 more
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De novo genome assembly, annotation, and characterization of chemosensory genes in the camel ked (Hippobosca camelina) [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Hippobosca camelina (camel ked) is an obligate hematophagous ectoparasite that infests camels. Hematophagy inflicts painful bites leading to myiasis, anemia and pathogen transmission such as Candidatus Anaplasma camelii.
Fredrick Kebaso, Souleymane Diallo, Caleb Kibet, Suhaila Hashim, JohnMark O. Makwatta, Merid Getahun, Dennis Getange, Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner, Daniel Masiga   +8 more
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