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Measures to Control Phlebotomus argentipes and Visceral Leishmaniasis in India

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2016
Visceral leishmaniasis is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted via the bite of a female sand fly, Phlebotomus argentipes. The highest burden of this disease is in northern India. In 2005, India embarked on an initiative with Ne­pal, Bangladesh,
Richard M. Poché, Rajesh Garlapati
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Living Low and Dry: Costs of and Resilience to Soil Hydric Stress in a Fossorial Amphisbaenian Reptile

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín, Álvaro Navarro‐Castilla, Alejandro de la Concha, José Javier Cuervo, Isabel Barja, Pilar López   +5 more
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Community facilitators and barriers to a successful implementation of mass drug administration and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Uganda: a qualitative study

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background There is growing interest to add mass drug administration (MDA) to the already existing malaria prevention strategies, such as indoor residual spraying (IRS).
Humphrey Wanzira, Susan Naiga, Ronald Mulebeke, Fred Bukenya, Mariam Nabukenya, Osborn Omoding, Dorothy Echodu, Adoke Yeka   +7 more
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Clustering of vector control interventions has important consequences for their effectiveness : a modelling study [PDF]

, 2014
Vector control interventions have resulted in considerable reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality. When universal coverage cannot be achieved for financial or logistical reasons, the spatial arrangement of vector control is potentially important ...
Chitnis, Nakul, Penny, Melissa A, Melissa A Penny, Nakul Chitnis, Lutambi, Angelina Mageni, Angelina Mageni Lutambi, Briët, Olivier J. T., Briët, Olivier J T, Smith, Thomas A., Olivier J T Briët, Smith, Thomas A, Thomas A Smith, Penny, Melissa A.   +12 more
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Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa has some of the highest estimated rates of infertility or involuntary childlessness in the world, leading epidemiologists to refer to parts of the region as the “infertility belt.” The medicalization of infertility and the situating of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as the treatment for infertility have siphoned ...
Tessa Moll
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Challenges to artificial intelligence‐enabled digital technology adoption in farms: a multi‐method approach

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI)‐enabled digital technologies have the potential to transform agriculture by supporting decision‐making and automating operations. However, their limited adoptions and scholars’ atheoretical explorations constrain our understanding.
Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Xiaoning Chen, Huilan Chen, Xinyi Li, Guoste Pivoraite   +5 more
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Impact of DDT spraying on malaria transmission in Bareilly District, Uttar Pradesh, India [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2005
Background & objectives: Impact of indoor residual spraying of DDT on malaria transmission andvector density was evaluated in six villages of Shergarh PHC, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh under theoperational condition of National Vector Borne Disease ...
S.N. Sharma, R.P. Shukla, K. Raghavendra & Sarala K. Subbarao
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Simulated daylight versus conventional PDT for mild to moderate actinic keratoses: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
This single‐centre, randomized controlled trial showed that simulated daylight photodynamic therapy (SDL‐PDT, n = 785 lesions) was less effective than conventional photodynamic therapy (C‐PDT, n = 673 lesions) in treating mild to moderate actinic keratoses with 1‐year clearance rates of 71.0% for SDL‐PDT versus 85.3% for C‐PDT (p < 0.001). However, SDL‐
Alexandra Sjöholm, Eva Backman, Maja Modin, Julia Fougelberg, Magdalena Claeson, John Paoli   +5 more
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Pyrethroid resistance in tropical bedbugs, Cimex hemipterus, associated with use of treated bednets.

, 2002
When Tanzanian villages were provided with pyrethroid-treated bednets, bedbugs (Cimicidae) disappeared; however, after about 6 years they have re-appeared in these villages. Using a newly devised test-kit, susceptibility tests of bedbugs Cimex hemipterus
Maxwell, CA, J. Myamba, C. F. Curtis, Asidi, A, A. Asidi, C. A. Maxwell, Curtis, CF, Myamba, J   +7 more
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Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
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