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The Effects of a DNA Virus Infection on the Reproductive Potential of Female Tsetse Flies, Glossina morsitans centralis and Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae) [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998
Reproductive anomalies associated with the tsetse DNA virus infection in the female tsetse hosts, Glossina morsitans centralis Machado and Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood, inoculated with the virus during the 3rd instar larval stage were studied ...
Rosemary C Sang, Walter GZO Jura, Leonard H Otieno, Richard W Mwangi   +3 more
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An insight into the sialome of Glossina morsitans morsitans [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2010
Background Blood feeding evolved independently in worms, arthropods and mammals. Among the adaptations to this peculiar diet, these animals developed an armament of salivary molecules that disarm their host's anti-bleeding defenses (hemostasis ...
Soares Marcelo B, Haines Lee R, Hao Zhengrong, Attardo Geoffrey, Abbeele Jan, Ribeiro José MC, Alves-Silva Juliana, Berriman Matthew, Aksoy Serap, Lehane Michael J   +9 more
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Expression of odorant co-receptor Orco in tissues and development stages of Glossina morsitans morsitans, Glossina fuscipies fuscipies and Glossina pallidipies

Scientific African, 2018
Tsetse flies (Glossina) depend on their olfactory system to identify host, larviposition sites and mates. Previous studies have characterized olfactory organs and evaluated the odorant receptor (OR) expression to host-derived chemicals.
Albert Ondimu Moindi, Cyrus Tare, Peter Juma Ochieng, Fred Wamunyokoli, Steven Reuben Ger Nyanjom   +4 more
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Characterisations of odorant-binding proteins in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans [PDF]

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2009
Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play an important role in insect olfaction by mediating interactions between odorants and odorant receptors. We report for the first time 20 OBP genes in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. qRT-PCR revealed that 8
Lehane, Stella, Pickett, J. A., Lehane, M., Liu, R., Hertz-Fowler, Christiane, Lehane, S., Hertz-Fowler, C., Field, Linda M., He, X., Berriman, M., Pickett, John A., He, Xiaoli, Field, L. M., Berriman, Matthew, Liu, Renhu, Zhou, J-J., Lehane, Mike, Zhou, Jing-Jiang   +17 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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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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The Spermatophore in Glossina morsitans morsitans: Insights into Male Contributions to Reproduction. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2016
AbstractMale Seminal Fluid Proteins (SFPs) transferred during copulation modulate female reproductive physiology and behavior, impacting sperm storage/use, ovulation, oviposition and remating receptivity. These capabilities make them ideal targets for developing novel methods of insect disease vector control. Little is known about the nature of SFPs in
Scolari F, Benoit JB, Michalkova V, Aksoy E, Takac P, Abd-Alla AM, Malacrida AR, Aksoy S, Attardo GM.   +8 more
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Effect of wing length on the prevalence of trypanosomes in Glossina morsitans morsitans in eastern Zambia. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2021
Abstract BackgroundTsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) transmit trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock). Several studies have indicated that the age, sex, site of capture, starvation and microbiome symbionts, among others, are important factors influencing trypanosome infection in tsetse flies. However, reasons for
Mweempwa C, Chilongo K, Hayashida K, Namangala B.   +3 more
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Species richness and abundance of wild tsetse flies collected from selected human-wildlife-livestock interface in Tanzania [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
The successful control of tsetse flies largely depends on understanding of the species available and abundance. This study assessed the species richness, abundance and apparent density of wild collected tsetse flies from selected human-wildlife-livestock
Filbert E. Mdee, Venance T. Msoffe, Eliakunda M. Mafie, Ladslaus L. Mnyone   +3 more
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Expression profile of odorant receptors in brain, gut and reproductive tissues in male and female Glossina morsitans morsitans

Scientific African, 2020
Glossina morsitans morsitans are vectors of Animal African Trypanosomiasis (nagana) and Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Glossina uses odorant receptors (Ors) expressed within the olfactory receptor neurons to identify chemical cues ...
Sebastian Dibondo Musundi, Peter Juma Ochieng, Fred Wamunyokoli, Steven Ger Nyanjom   +3 more
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