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Dyar, Harrison G., Knab, Frederick
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Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Vietnam
Mosquito-borne diseases pose a significant threat to humans in almost every part of the world. Key factors such as global warming, climatic conditions, rapid urbanisation, frequent human relocation, and widespread deforestation significantly increase the number of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in Vietnam, and elsewhere around the world.
Huynh, Ly +5 more
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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
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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Background Wolbachia pipientis is a common endosymbiotic bacterium of arthropods that strongly inhibits dengue virus (DENV) infection and transmission in the primary vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. For that reason, Wolbachia-infected Ae.
Etiene Casagrande Pacidônio +4 more
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Da 'abominável profissão de vampiros': Emílio Goeldi e Os mosquitos no Pará (1905) [PDF]
Nas áreas de saúde pública e de entomologia, a virada do século XX caracterizou-se sobretudo pelo destaque dado aos insetos como transmissores de doenças.
Nelson Sanjad
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Se reportan tres especies de Anophelinae: Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann, 1820, An. marajoara Galvão y Damasceno, 1942 y An. pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901 en el casco urbano y periurbano de Cabudare, municipio Palavecino, estado Lara, Venezuela.
Evelin Arcaya Sánchez +2 more
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A Zika virus (ZIKV) pandemic started soon after the first autochthonous cases in Latin America. Although Aedes aegypti is pointed as the primary vector in Latin America, little is known about the fitness cost due to ZIKV infection.
Isabella Dias da Silveira +8 more
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