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Diversity and composition of the microbiome associated with eggs of the Southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 11, Issue 6, December 2022., 2022
In this study, we assessed the composition and establishment of the microbiome of insect eggs using the Southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as a study object. Our results show that the egg‐associated bacterial microbiome is species‐poor and dominated by a few symbionts, particularly the species‐specific obligate Pantoea ...
Margot W. J. Geerinck, Sara Van Hee, Gabriele Gloder, Sam Crauwels, Stefano Colazza, Hans Jacquemyn, Antonino Cusumano, Bart Lievens   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heavy head lice infestation in an adolescent girl following benzodiazepine poisoning

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Loss of consciousness (LOC) is one of the most common causes of emergency department (ED) visits. It may be due to intoxication or hypoglycemia. We present a 15‐year‐old girl who was referred with heavy head lice and LOC to the ED in the north of Iran.
Minoo Moghimi, Zahra Nekoukar, Ali Sharifpour, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mahdi Fakhar, Mostafa Soleymani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Of lice and math: using models to understand and control populations of head lice [PDF]

, 2011
In this paper we use detailed data about the biology of the head louse (pediculus humanus capitis) to build a model of the evolution of head lice colonies.
Laguna, María Fabiana, Risau-Gusman, Sebastián   +1 more
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Sexual antagonism in haplodiploids

Evolution, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 292-309, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Females and males may face different selection pressures, such that alleles conferring a benefit in one sex may be deleterious in the other. Such sexual antagonism has received a great deal of theoretical and empirical attention, almost all of which has focused on diploids.
Thomas J. Hitchcock, Andy Gardner, Laura Ross   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Head Lice in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia According to Crowding Criteria

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022
One of the cosmopolitan parasites recorded all over the world is the Head Lice, Pediculus humanus capitis, it parasitizes the human being with highly prevalent in children. The habit feeding of Head lice is sucking blood from human and it is about every
Najia Al-Zanbagi, Dina Al-Hashdi
doaj   +2 more sources

Prevalence of Pediculus humanus capitis in a school of low socio-economy area in Rampur (U.P), India [PDF]

, 2009
The prevalence of head louse Pediculus humanus capitis on the school children of a low socio-economy area of Rampur, India was found to be 56% (n=300). Female children appeared lousier.
Ahmad, Aftab, Arya, Gaurav, Bansal, Nayanci, Rashmi, Archna   +3 more
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International recommendations for an effective control of head louse infestations

International Journal of Dermatology, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 272-280, March 2021., 2021
Abstract Head louse infestations continue to be a concern of public health in most countries, including the most developed ones. The present recommendations are intended to inform and stress the role and impact of the different authorities, institutions, industry, and the public in the control of head lice in order to reduce the prevalence of this ...
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Richard J. Pollack, David L. Reed, Stephen C. Barker, Shirley Gordon, Ariel C. Toloza, Maria I. Picollo, Aysegul Taylan‐Ozkan, Olivier Chosidow, Birgit Habedank, Joanna Ibarra, Terri L. Meinking, Robert H. Vander Stichele   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Analyses of the Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Fungal Endosymbionts in Sogatella furcifera, White‐Backed Planthoppers

International Journal of Genomics, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Sogatella furcifera Horvath, commonly known as the white‐backed planthoppers (WBPH), is an important pest in East Asian rice fields. Fungal endosymbiosis is widespread among planthoppers in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha and suborder Auchenorrhyncha.
Nak Jung Choi, Hong Xi, Jongsun Park, Ertugrul Filiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avaliação clínica do uso da decametrina no tratamento da pediculose do couro cabeludo A clinical evaluation of the use of decamethrin in the treatment of pediculus of the scalp

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1985
A decametrina, um inseticida piretróide sintético, foi avaliada no tratamento da infestação por Pediculus humanus capitis em 54 crianças. Foi empregada emulsão a 0,0025 mg/ml da decametrina em tratamento tópico único ou repetido após 8 dias, se ainda ...
Newton Mamoru Sasaki, José Rubens Barbosa Cortez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Present and future potential of plant-derived products to control arthropods of veterinary and medical significance [PDF]

, 2014
The use of synthetic pesticides and repellents to target pests of veterinary and medical significance is becoming increasingly problematic. One alternative approach employs the bioactive attributes of plant-derived products (PDPs). These are particularly
Finn, Robert, George, David, Graham, Kirsty, Sparagano, Olivier   +3 more
core   +1 more source