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Pathogens, 2023 Insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs), although not known to be pathogenic to humans and animals, can modulate the transmission of arboviruses by mosquitoes.
Edwin O. Ogola +9 more
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Nature Biotechnology, 2018 In the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, the gene doublesex (Agdsx) encodes two alternatively spliced transcripts, dsx-female (AgdsxF) and dsx-male (AgdsxM), that control differentiation of the two sexes.
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Environmental Research, 2020 Mosquito borne diseases are a group of infections that affect humans. Emerging or reemerging diseases are those that (re)occur in regions, groups or hosts that were previously free from these diseases: dengue virus; chikungunya virus; Zika virus; West ...
S. Brugueras +7 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Culicid species, which include potential vectors of yellow fever, are diverse and abundant, with species commonly co-occurring in certain sites.
Rayane Dias +4 more
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Effects of the Environmental Temperature on Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes: A Review
Insects, 2018 The temperature of the environment is one of the most important abiotic factors affecting the life of insects. As poikilotherms, their body temperature is not constant, and they rely on various strategies to minimize the risk of thermal stress. They have
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The Canadian Entomologist, 1906 Among some mosquitoes lately sent from Alaska is a species which, coming from the far north (65° N.), has the unique position of standing near three mosquitoes found in much warmer climates, i.e., Theobaldia annulata, Sharnk, found in Europe, Mexico and California, an Italian species of which Falbici says, “Fin ora fu trovata solamenta a Macareseed a ...
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Fighting Mosquitoes with Mosquitoes
Molecular Medicine Communications, 2022 A first-of-its-kind open-air study of genetically engineered mosquitoes has been conducted by scientists in the US. The biotechnology company Oxitec, spearheading these experiments, claims to have obtained positive results. However, much more elaborate and intricate studies are needed to establish whether these mosquitoes can suppress a wild population
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VectorNet: Putting Vectors on the Map
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Public and animal health authorities face many challenges in surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases. Those challenges are principally due to the multitude of interactions between vertebrate hosts, pathogens, and vectors in continuously ...
Marieta Braks +15 more
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Controlling mosquitoes with semiochemicals: a review
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 The use of semiochemicals in odour-based traps for surveillance and control of vector mosquitoes is deemed a new and viable component for integrated vector management programmes.
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