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A novel malaria mathematical model: integrating vector and non-vector transmission pathways

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Malaria remains one of the most significant global health challenges, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Despite ongoing control efforts, malaria transmission persists due to complex biological, environmental, and socio-economic
Emmanuel Akowe, Queeneth Ojoma Ahman, Benedict Celestine Agbata, Solomon Onuche Joseph, Emmanuel Olorunfemi Senewo, Abdul Yusuf Danjuma, Danjuma Jibrin Yahaya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domination Versus Sisterhoods in the Blood Microbiota of Migrating Birds: Patterns of Within‐ and Between‐Individual Blood Parasite Diversity Revealed Through Metabarcoding

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian haemosporidian blood parasites are typically identified through Sanger sequencing of a partial cytochrome b fragment, the MalAvi barcoding region. Next‐generation sequencing is seldom used for avian blood parasite identification; this study demonstrates a higher detection rate of co‐infections via metabarcoding and its possible implications ...
Peter Pibaque, Gaia Porporato, Simone Cescutti, Alanis Cruz‐Flores, Tobias Busche, Anika Winker, Tim Maximilian Rapp, Patrick Bergkamp, Anna Doneva, Nayden Chakarov   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanization and Vector Species Shape Avian Malaria Prevalence in Mosquitoes

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian malaria prevalence was assessed in two mosquito species across urban and peri‐urban habitats. No infections were detected in either species in urban areas, while a 2.53% prevalence was found in the native Culex pipiens from peri‐urban sites, highlighting the influence of urbanization on parasite transmission dynamics.
Paula Parra, Jesús Veiga, Marta Garrigós, Guillermo Panisse, Mario Garrido, Josué Martínez‐de la Puente   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasites at the Summit: Unexpected Geographic Distribution of the Blood Parasite Lineage Found in the Endangered Giant Lizard of Tenerife

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We combined microscopic screening and molecular phylogenetic analyses to characterize blood parasites infecting Gallotia intermedia from the coastal cliffs of Montaña de Guaza and to place these infections in a broader biogeographic context. We detected apicomplexan parasites of the genus Karyolysus infecting 53.6% of G.
Rodrigo Megía‐Palma, Gonzalo Albaladejo‐Robles, Gemma Palomar, Javier Martínez, Anamarija Žagar, Alejandro Escánez‐Pérez, Miguel A. Carretero, Wiesław Babik, Santiago Merino   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

The Moral (Un)Desirability of New Biomedical Technologies as Potential Techno‐Fixes

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The techno‐fix argument, used to argue against technological interventions that address the consequences of social problems instead of their underlying causes, is increasingly invoked in biomedical discussions. However, especially in biomedicine, the techno‐fix argument remains conceptually underdeveloped.
Lieke van Kempen, Martine C. de Vries, Nienke de Graeff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acting on the Voicelessness Challenge to Democratic Deliberation: A Six‐Actor Framework

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Political philosophers have long recognized that key stakeholders in policy decisions—children, future generations, nonhuman animals, and individuals with severe cognitive impairments—are structurally unable to participate in the deliberative processes meant to legitimate those decisions.
Julian C. Jamison
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Determination of Racial Inequities in Oral Health Among Indigenous Peoples

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To foster a critical analysis of the racial inequities affecting the oral health (OH) of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, framed by the social determination of the health‐disease‐care process (SDHP). Methods This critical literature review articulates the themes of colonisation, Indigenous peoples' oral health and racial inequities in ...
Lucas Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos, Diego Francisco Lima da Silva, Tainá Faustino Mafra, Herika de Arruda Mauricio, Rafael da Silveira Moreira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria transmission dynamics under climate change and solar geoengineering in South Asia: a GLENS-based assessment

Malaria Journal
Background Climate change is expected to reshape malaria transmission dynamics in tropical and subtropical regions. Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), a proposed solar geoengineering strategy to reduce global warming, could have unintended ...
Athar Hussain, Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Latif   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transgenic selection and underlying mechanisms in apicomplexan parasites

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Transgenic selection markers have driven genetic engineering in apicomplexans, enabling precise, iterative experiments. This review discusses mechanistic details of drug selection markers, strategies for marker recycling, and practical considerations for several clinically relevant parasites.
Swaroop Peddiraju, Rakhee Lohia, Nishith Gupta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source