Arbovirus surveillance in mosquitoes: Historical methods, emerging technologies, and challenges ahead [PDF]
, 2023 Luis Janssen +8 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Captive birds at the National Zoological Garden in South Africa harbor diverse haemosporidian parasite species and lineages. This might compromise conservation efforts of threatened species. ABSTRACT Avian haemosporidian infections have been associated with disease outbreaks in zoos and rehabilitation centers globally. This study aimed to determine the
Realeboga Masego Gaorekwe +3 more
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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to map mosquito larval and adult habitats and human populations at risk for mosquito exposure and possible arbovirus transmission.
Andrew Mueller +6 more
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Effectiveness of synthetic versus natural human volatiles as attractants for Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) sensu stricto [PDF]
, 2010 Females of the African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto, use human volatiles to find their blood-host. Previous work has shown that ammonia, lactic acid, and aliphatic carboxylic acids significantly affect host orientation and ...
Knols, B.G.J. +2 more
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(Un)safe Spaces: Navigating Risk and Protection in Pakistani Women's Hostels
Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract This paper contributes to feminist urban geographies by drawing attention to gendered danger in the supposedly “safe” space of a women's hostel in urban Pakistan. While hostels are supposed to protect women against male sexual violence, residents suffer physical, financial, emotional, and reputational forms of danger.
Yasmeen Arif
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Surveillance of Aedes aegypti: comparison of house index with four alternative traps. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 INTRODUCTION:The mosquito Aedes aegypti, vector of dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever viruses, is an important target of vector control programs in tropical countries.
Claudia T Codeço +9 more
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The Migration–Development Nexus Revisited: A Place‐based Mobility Perspective from the Borderlands
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migration, a fundamental characteristic of planetary life and human livelihood, has been considered a key driver of development. However, as identified by critical migration and mobility scholars, the assumed positive relationship to development has been predominantly informed by a neoliberal, managerial and sedentary view of migration ...
Zeynep Kaşlı, Nanneke Winters
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Mosquito, bird and human surveillance of West Nile and Usutu viruses in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) in 2010. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 In 2008, after the first West Nile virus (WNV) detection in the Emilia-Romagna region, a surveillance system, including mosquito- and bird-based surveillance, was established to evaluate the virus presence. Surveillance was improved in following years by
Mattia Calzolari +20 more
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria transmission in rural western Kenya [PDF]
, 2012 : BACKGROUND: Understanding the impact of reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission requires estimates of the relationship between health outcomes and exposure to infectious mosquitoes. However, measures of exposure such as mosquito density and
Amek, N. +9 more
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