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Molecules, 2020 The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits the virus that causes dengue, yellow fever, Zika and Chikungunya viruses, and in several regions of the planet represents a vector of great clinical importance.
Marianna O. Araújo +4 more
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Studies on mosquitoes breeding in rock pools on inselbergs around Zaria, northern Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2008 Background & objectives: Rainwater often collects in depressions on rocks to form pools that are ideal breeding sites of mosquito vectors of diseases.
David A. Adebote +2 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996 The daily man-biting activity of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus and An. (Kerteszia) neivai was determined in four ecologically distinct settlements of the Naya River, Department of Valle, Colombia.
Yezid Solarte +3 more
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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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Mosquitoes cloak their legs to resist insecticides
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2019 Malaria incidence has halved since the year 2000, with 80% of the reduction attributable to the use of insecticides. However, insecticide resistance is now widespread, is rapidly increasing in spectrum and intensity across Africa, and may be contributing
V. Balabanidou +18 more
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Malpighian tubule polytene chromosomes of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera, Culicinae)
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Dipteran polytene chromosomes provide an excellent model for understanding in species complexes, as well as for structural and functional cytogenetics.
Jairo Campos +2 more
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Bionomics of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to Design a Comprehensive Control Program in Important Tourism Centers of Fars Province, Southern Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance SystemBackground: The general purpose of this study was to investigate the species diversity and characteristics of the larval habitats of culicids in important tourism centers of Fars province to design a comprehensive program to control them.Methods: In a ...
Masoumeh Amin +7 more
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DNA barcoding mosquitoes: advice for potential prospectors
Parasitology, 2018 SUMMARY Mosquitoes’ importance as vectors of pathogens that drive disease underscores the importance of precise and comparable methods of taxa identification among their species.
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Nature Communications, 2017 The recent emergence of both chikungunya and Zika viruses in the Americas has significantly expanded their distribution and has thus increased the possibility that individuals may become infected by more than one Aedes aegypti-borne virus at a time ...
Claudia Rückert +7 more
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One health approach in the fight against yellow fever in Nigeria [PDF]
Microbes and Infectious DiseasesBackground: Yellow fever (YF) remains a significant public health concern in Nigeria, with sporadic outbreaks causing considerable morbidity and mortality.
Seyi Enitan +16 more
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