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Serological responses and biomarker evaluation in mice and pigs exposed to tsetse fly bites [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Tsetse flies are obligate blood-feeding insects that transmit African trypanosomes responsible for human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock.
Caljon, Guy, De Deken, Reginald, Duchateau, Luc, Duguma, Reta, Gasthuys, Frank, Schauvliege, Stijn, Van Den Abbeele, Jan   +6 more
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Surveillance of a pest through a public health information system: The case of the blackfly (simulium erythrocephalum) in zaragoza (Spain) during 2009–2015 [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Animals and people in many Spanish regions are increasingly being affected by blackfly bites in the last decade. Because of blackflies, the city of Zaragoza has become in recent years a paradigm of discomfort in Europe, with thousands of ...
de Blas, I., Lucientes, J., Muniesa, A., Oteo, J.A., Ruiz-Arrondo, I.   +4 more
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Protective Efficacy of Menthol Propylene Glycol Carbonate Compared to N, N-diethyl-Methylbenzamide Against Mosquito Bites in Northern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
The reduction of malaria parasite transmission by preventing human-vector contact is critical in lowering disease transmission and its outcomes. This underscores the need for effective and long lasting arthropod/insect repellents.
A Mahande, A Mahande, A Seyoum, A Seyoum, Aneth M Mahande, Araceli Q Adrias, C Lengeler, C Pennetier, C Pennetier, CA Maxwell, CE Dunn, CF Curtis, DN Durrheim, DR Roberts, DW Meyrowitsch, E Kweka, E Maekawa, E McCabe, EJ Kweka, EJ Kweka, EJ Kweka, EJ Kweka, EJ Kweka, Eliningaya J Kweka, F Binka, G Elango, GF Killeen, GF Killeen, GF Killeen, GW Fegan, H Pates, HI Maibach, Humphrey D Mazigo, JB Chogo, JD Bohbot, JK Trigg, Jonathan R Matias, L Yakob, M Gillies, M Kramer, M Pellegrino, M Rowland, MN Bayoh, MR Reddy, MS Fradin, MW Aregawi, N Braimah, NM Abdel-Hady, Poseidon Science Foundation, RE Trudel, S Licciardi, S Phasomkusolsil, S Soremekun, Shandala Msangi, Stephen Munga, SW Lindsay, T Dekker, TL Russell, TM Gillies, U Fillinger, U Schwantes, WHO, WHO, WP O'Meara, Y Geissbühler   +64 more
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The Insect Bite Reaction

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1952
In addition to the clinical problems sometimes presented by the severe local, or more rarely, generalized reactions of sensitized persons to insect-bites, the feeding mechanisms of blood sucking insects, the nature of the lesions produced by their bites, and the subsequent reactions of the human host are of more than academic interest because of their ...
Evelyn Rockwell, Patricia Johnson
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Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes--they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise.
DC Chavasse, Elizabeth Louise Turner, Emmanuel Titus Simfukwe, GF Killeen, JA Scott, John Vontas, LW Cohnstaedt, M Ditzen, M Rowland, Marta Ferreira Maia, Max Thele, MF Maia, N Hill, RW Steketee, Sangoro Peter Onyango, Sarah Jane Moore, SE Clarke, SJ Moore, SJ Moore, SP Carroll, SW Lindsay, TW Scott, Y Geissbühler   +22 more
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Protective immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]

, 2009
Upon infection, Trypanosoma cruzi triggers a strong immune response that has both protective and pathological consequences. In this work, several important questions regarding protective immunity are reviewed.
Basombrío, Miguel Ángel Manuel, Padilla, Ángel Marcelo, Parodi Ramoneda, Cecilia María   +2 more
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Insect bite hypersensitivity in horses

EDIS, 2020
Allergic skin disease is a very common cause of itching in horses. The itching can severely affect the horse?s quality of life, leading to the horse wounding itself by biting or scratching, and it can reduce the utility of the horse. This 4-page fact sheet written by Rosanna Marsella, Nicky Craig, Carissa Wickens, and Samantha Brooks and published by ...
Carissa Wickens, Samantha A. Brooks, Nicky Craig, Rosanna Marsella   +3 more
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Use of a Semi-field System to Evaluate the Efficacy of Topical Repellents under user Conditions Provides a Disease Exposure free Technique Comparable with Field Data. [PDF]

, 2014
Before topical repellents can be employed as interventions against arthropod bites, their efficacy must be established. Currently, laboratory or field tests, using human volunteers, are the main methods used for assessing the efficacy of topical ...
A Khan, A Kiszewski, BG Knols, C Schreck, Daniel Lugiko, Dickson Lweitojera, DR Barnand, DR Barnard, Edgar Mbeyela, Emmanuel Simfukwe, FO Okumu, FW Edwards, G Killeen, G White, Hassan Ngonyani, HM Ferguson, J Carroll, J Hill, J Ijumba, JA Klun, JA Scott, Japhet Kihonda, L Durnez, L Rutledge, L Rutledge, M Rowland, M Rowland, Marta Maia, ME Sinka, MS Fradin, N Hill, Onyango Sangoro, RD Xue, S Renggli, Sarah Moore, SJ Moore, SP Carroll, T Krober, TL Russell, U Obermayr, W Takken, WHO, WHOPES   +42 more
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AN ANTIDOTE TO INSECT-BITES [PDF]

The Canadian Entomologist, 1901
During a trip to Paraguay to strudy the mosquito pest, Prof. Voges, the Director of the National Board of Health at Buenos Ayres, accidentally discovered a remedy for mosquito bites. He had a supply of all kinds of substances, among which was naphthalene, a chemical of no use whatever against the mosquito itself.
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Insect bite reactions

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, 2013
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods. Insect bite reactions are commonly seen in clinical practice. The present review touches upon the medically important insects and their places in the classification, the sparse literature on the epidemiology of insect bites in India, and different variables influencing the susceptibility of
Baldeep Kaur Mann, Sanjay Singh
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