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Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of malaria control among communities from the health district of Forécariah in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Malaria is the leading cause of death in children under 5-yr of age in the Republic of Guinea. This study aimed at investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practices of malaria control in urban and rural communities in Guinea ...
Banek, Kristin, Camara, Seydouba, Loua, Marcel Kovana, Ruberto, Irene   +3 more
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First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations after 26 years since invasion [PDF]

, 2017
Aedes albopictus has spread during the last decades all over the world. This has increased significantly the risk of exotic arbovirus transmission (e.g.
Antognini, Elisa, Arnoldi, Daniele, Ballardini, Marco, Bellini, Romeo, Brianti, Emanuele, Caputo, Beniamino, Carlin, Sara, Cobre, Pietro, Della Torre, Alessandra, Gaglio, Gabriella, Kioulos, Ilias, Lia, Riccardo Paolo, Manica, Mattia, Montarsi, Fabrizio, Otranto, Domenico, Pichler, Verena, Rizzoli, Annapaola, Salvemini, Marco, Serini, Paola, Soares Da Silva Pinto, Joao Pedro, Velo, Enkelejda, Veronesi, Rodolfo, Vontas, John   +22 more
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Vector Competence of Selected North American Culex and Coquillettidia Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
To control West Nile virus (WNV), it is necessary to know which mosquitoes are able to transmit this virus. Therefore, we evaluated the WNV vector potential of several North American mosquito species. Culex restuans and Cx.
Michael R. Sardelis, Michael J. Turell, David J. Dohm, Monica L. O'Guinn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental assessment of large mammal population estimates from airborne thermal videography

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife resource management requires reliable, fast, and affordable methods of surveying wildlife populations to develop and adaptively adjust policies. Thermal video from drones can yield high rates of detection over large areas with relative speed and safety.
Julia S. McElhinny, Gregory D. Larsen, Maxwell Messinger, Chad H. Newbolt, Andrew Whitworth, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Miles R. Silman, Jared T. Beaver   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal 1TEL–target protein linker character is target protein‐dependent

Acta Crystallographica Section D, EarlyView.
In this study, we examine the effect of short to medium‐length flexible, semi‐flexible and rigid linkers on the crystallization of a DARPin or the TNK1 UBA domain fused to the 1TEL protein crystallization chaperone, demonstrating that while rigid linkers can impair crystallization and reduce diffraction quality, the ideal linker character remains ...
Maria J. Pedroza Romo, Alihikaua Keliiliki, Jacob C. Averett, Joseph F. Gonzalez, Ethan Noakes, Elijah W. Wilson, Conrad Smith, Blake Averett, Dalton Hansen, Riley Nickles, Miles Bradford, Sara Soleimani, Tobin Smith, Supeshala Nawarathnage, Prasadika Samarwickrama, Ariel Kelsch, Derick Bunn, Cameron Stewart, Wisdom Abiodun, Evan Tsubaki, Seth Brown, Tzanko I. Doukov, James D. Moody   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of gut inhabitants on vectorial capacity of mosquitoes

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2018
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading at an alarming rate. Globally millions of deaths occur due to the diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, next to AIDS and tuberculosis.
Lekshmi Jayakrishnan, Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh   +2 more
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Yellow fever outbreak temporarily changes dispersal patterns in an endangered primate

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Golden lion tamarins had their annual adult survival strongly impacted by a yellow fever outbreak in 2017–2018. At the same time, they temporarily changed their dispersal patterns. Despite a 30% decline, the population has come back to levels higher than pre‐outbreak ones. Abstract Disease outbreaks can severely affect populations in the wild. However,
Aurore Ponchon, Rémi Choquet, Andreia F. Martins, Carlos Ruiz‐Miranda, Cécile H. Albert, Valeria Romano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using the human blood index to investigate host biting plasticity: a systematic review and meta-regression of the three major African malaria vectors

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background The proportion of mosquito blood-meals that are of human origin, referred to as the ‘human blood index’ or HBI, is a key determinant of malaria transmission.
James Orsborne, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Claire L. Jeffries, Mojca Kristan, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Yaw A. Afrane, Kathleen O’Reilly, Eduardo Massad, Chris Drakeley, Thomas Walker, Laith Yakob   +10 more
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Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji, Qing Xie, Xiaoxiao Chang, Juan Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source