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Rationalizing Historical Successes of Malaria Control in Africa in Terms of Mosquito Resource Availability Management. [PDF]

, 2004
Environmental management of mosquito resources is a promising approach with which to control malaria, but it has seen little application in Africa for more than half a century. Here we present a kinetic model of mosquito foraging for aquatic habitats and
Killeen, Gerry F, Knols, Bart G J, Seyoum, Aklilu   +2 more
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Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer, Guilherme G. Verocai, Jessica E. Light   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato infestation in an urban area in South Sacramento, California, USA

Parasites & Vectors
Background The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Rh. sanguineus s.l.), is an important vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), in western North America, with the most prominent tick ...
Mario Novelo, Whitney Clack, Megan Siefker, James Brodigan, Francesca Rubino, Janet Foley, Sarah S. Wheeler   +6 more
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Reduction in Aedes aegypti Population After a Year-Long Application of Targeted Sterile Insect Releases in the West Valley Region of Southern California

Insects
Aedes aegypti is of great public health concern because of its vectorial capacity to transmit various arboviruses such as Zika, yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya. In California, its expanding geographic distribution has been unrestrained.
Solomon Kibret Birhanie, Jacob Hans, Jennifer Thieme Castellon, Ale Macias, Rubi Casas, Huy Hoang, Deanna Mormile, Kecia Pitts-Love, Michelle Q. Brown   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of differential mosquito control treatment regimens on insecticide susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

SN Applied Sciences, 2022
Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) is an invasive mosquito species and notable vector of several pathogens in the USA. Their cryptic and anthropophilic nature puts this species in close association with humans, where they can also be a nuisance.
Casey Parker-Crockett, Aaron Lloyd, Daviela Ramirez, C. Roxanne Connelly   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variations in household microclimate affect outdoor-biting behaviour of malaria vectors [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Mosquito behaviours including the degree to which they bite inside houses or outside is a crucial determinant of human exposure to malaria.
Ferguson, Heather M., Kaindoa, Emmanuel Wilson, Matthiopoulos, Jason, Ngowo, Halfan Said, Okumu, Fredros Oketch   +4 more
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Titin Is Present in the Elastic Tethers That Connect Separating Anaphase Chromosomes in Crane‐Fly Spermatocytes

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Elastic tethers connect telomeres of separating chromosomes in anaphase of animal cells. Immunofluorescence staining of titin in crane‐fly spermatocytes, using 4 different antibodies, shows that the giant elastic protein titin seems to be a component of mitotic tethers: titin “strands” extend between separating chromosomes, connecting their ...
Demetra Economopoulos, Maral Janan, Martina Krüger, Aavo‐Valdur Mikelsaar, Arthur Forer, Rose Sheykhani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overview of the sterile insect technique for Aedes aegypti in Lee County, Florida, USA

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Lee County Mosquito Control District (LCMCD) is an independent taxing district that works to protect human health and improve quality of life in Lee County, Florida, USA.
Rachel Morreale, Steven Stenhouse, Johanna Bajonero, Danilo O. Carvalho, Nicole Foley, Roxanne Connelly, Aaron Lloyd, David Hoel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Powerful yet challenging: mechanistic niche models for predicting invasive species potential distribution under climate change

Ecography, EarlyView.
Risk assessments of invasive species present one of the most challenging applications of species distribution models (SDMs) due to the fundamental issues of distributional disequilibrium, niche changes, and truncation. Invasive species often occupy only a fraction of their potential environmental and geographic ranges, as their spatiotemporal dynamics ...
Erola Fenollosa, Sean E. H. Pang, Natalie J. Briscoe, Antoine Guisan, Roberto Salguero-Gómez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological analysis of the Kaohsiung city strategy for dengue fever quarantine and epidemic prevention

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Dengue is endemic in over 100 countries and is an important public health problem worldwide. Dengue fever is not endemic in Taiwan; the importation of dengue viruses from neighboring countries via close commercial links and air travel is ...
Chao-Ying Pan, Wei-Liang Liu, Matthew-P. Su, Te-Pin Chang, Hui-Pin Ho, Pei-Yun Shu, Joh-Jong Huang, Li-Jen Lin, Chun-Hong Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source