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Insulated piggyBac vectors for insect transgenesis [PDF]

BMC Biotechnology, 2006
Abstract Background Germ-line transformation of insects is now a widely used method for analyzing gene function and for the development of genetically modified strains suitable for pest control programs. The most widely used transposable element for the germ-line transformation of insects is piggyBac.
Sarkar, Abhimanyu, Atapattu, Asela, Belikoff, Esther J., Heinrich, Jörg C., Li, Xuelei, Horn, Carsten, Wimmer, Ernst A., Scott, Maxwell J.   +7 more
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Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence-based validation [PDF]

, 2012
International public health workers are challenged by a burden of arthropod-borne disease that remains elevated despite best efforts in control programmes.
Achee, Nicole L., Bangs, Michael J., Farlow, Robert, Grieco, John P., Killeen, Gerry F., Lindsay, Steve, Logan, James G., Moore, Sarah J., Rowland, Mark, Sweeney, Kevin, Torr, Steve J., Zweibel, Larry   +11 more
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Taxonomic review of the genus Nycteola Hübner (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from Korea including potential invasive pests [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023
The genus Nycteola Hübner has been mainly distributed in the Old World and usually feeds on Fagaceae and Salicaceae, but Myrtaceae and Juglandaceae have also been reported. In Korea, the number of this genus has been changed from four to three after 2007,
Yeong-Bin Cha, Un-Hong Heo, Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan, Sora Kim, Yang-Seop Bae   +4 more
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Feeding and defecation behavior of Triatoma rubida (Uhler, 1894) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions, and its potential role as a vector of chagas disease in Arizona, USA [PDF]

, 2011
Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine insects. This disease is endemic throughout Mexico and Central and South America, but only a few autochthonous cases have been reported
Gregory, Teresa, Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo, Hildebrand, John, Reisenman, Carolina Esther   +3 more
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Gene copy number and function of the APL1 immune factor changed during Anopheles evolution

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The recent reference genome assembly and annotation of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi detected only one gene encoding the leucine-rich repeat immune factor APL1, while in the Anopheles gambiae and sibling Anopheles coluzzii, APL1
Christian Mitri, Emmanuel Bischoff, Karin Eiglmeier, Inge Holm, Constentin Dieme, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Abbasali Raz, Sedigheh Zakeri, Mahdokht I. K. Nejad, Navid D. Djadid, Kenneth D. Vernick, Michelle M. Riehle   +11 more
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Experimental investigation of some aspects of insect-like flapping flight aerodynamics for application to micro air vehicles [PDF]

, 2009
Insect-like flapping flight offers a power-efficient and highly manoeuvrable basis for micro air vehicles for indoor applications. Some aspects of the aerodynamics associated with the sweeping phase of insect wing kinematics are examined by making ...
Ansari, S. A., Knowles, K., Phillips, N., Stabler, G., Wilkins, P. C., Zbikowski, Rafal   +5 more
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Circadian rhythms in insect disease vectors [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Organisms from bacteria to humans have evolved under predictable daily environmental cycles owing to the Earth's rotation. This strong selection pressure has generated endogenous circadian clocks that regulate many aspects of behaviour, physiology and metabolism, anticipating and synchronising internal time-keeping to changes in the cyclical ...
Meireles-Filho, A. C., Kyriacou, Charalambos P.   +1 more
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Anopheline salivary protein genes and gene families: an evolutionary overview after the whole genome sequence of sixteen Anopheles species [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Mosquito saliva is a complex cocktail whose pharmacological properties play an essential role in blood feeding by counteracting host physiological response to tissue injury.
ARCA', Bruno, LOMBARDO, Fabrizio, Ribeiro, José M. C., Struchiner, Claudio J.   +3 more
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Microbial Pre-exposure and Vectorial Competence of Anopheles Mosquitoes

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
Anopheles female mosquitoes can transmit Plasmodium, the malaria parasite. During their aquatic life, wild Anopheles mosquito larvae are exposed to a huge diversity of microbes present in their breeding sites.
Constentin Dieme, Constentin Dieme, Brice Rotureau, Christian Mitri, Christian Mitri   +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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