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Impact of repeated NeemAzal®-treated blood meals on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Herbal remedies are widely used in many malaria endemic countries to treat patients, in particular in the absence of anti-malarial drugs and in some settings to prevent the disease.
ABAY, SOLOMON MEQUANENTE   +8 more
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Experimental Infection of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) with Mycobacterium leprae Indicates Potential for Leprosy Transmission.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Leprosy is a chronic dermato-neurological disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. In 2013 almost 200,000 new cases of leprosy were detected around the world.
Arthur da Silva Neumann   +13 more
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Wing shape divergence between Rhodnius prolixus from Cojedes (Venezuela) and Rhodnius robustus from Mérida (Venezuela)

open access: yesInfection, Genetics and Evolution, 2002
The existence of Rhodnius robustus as a species distinct from Rhodnius prolixus has long been the main epidemiological question about Chagas disease transmission in Venezuela and surrounding countries. These two taxa are morphologically and genetically very similar, but only R.
Villegas, J.   +2 more
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Appetence behaviours of the triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus on a servosphere in response to the host metabolites carbon dioxide and ammonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A combination of 1,000ppm CO2 plus 30-40ppb NH3 in an air stream induced Rhodnius prolixus nymphs walking on a servosphere to perform a series of appetence behaviours.
Guerin, Patrick   +2 more
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Proteases of haematophagous arthropod vectors are involved in blood-feeding, yolk formation and immunity : a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Ticks, triatomines, mosquitoes and sand flies comprise a large number of haematophagous arthropods considered vectors of human infectious diseases. While consuming blood to obtain the nutrients necessary to carry on life functions, these insects can ...
A Ali   +173 more
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Characterization of a set of abdominal neuroendocrine cells that regulate stress physiology using colocalized diuretic peptides in Drosophila [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Multiple neuropeptides are known to regulate water and ion balance in Drosophila melanogaster. Several of these peptides also have other functions in physiology and behavior.
Davies, Shireen A.   +3 more
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Short-and long-term effects of proallatotoxin (Ethoxyprecocene II) on Rhodnius prolixus females Efeitos a curto e longo prazos, da proalototoxina (Etoxiprecoceno II) em fêmeas de Rhodnius prolixus

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987
Oogenesis and oviposition can be inhibited in female of Rhodnius prolixus by means of short-term experiment (first reproductive cycle) of a single dose of ethoxyprecocene II given by ingestion.
Patricia de Azambuja, Eloi S. Garcia
doaj   +1 more source

Substrate texture properties induce triatomine probing on bitten warm surfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Escola de Saúde Pública de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Laboratório de Fisiologia de Insetos Hematófagos. Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou.
Raquel A Ferreira   +2 more
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Aspectos morfológicos de ovos de triatominae: II - Características macroscópicas e exocoriais de dez espécies do gênero Rhodnius Stal, 1859 (Hemiptera - Reduviidae) Morphological aspects of triatominae eggs: II. Macroscopic and exochorial characteristics of ten species of the genus Rhodnius Stal, 1859 (Hemiptera - Reduviidae)

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1981
Foi realizado estudo morfológico do exocório de ovos de dez espécies de Rhodnius (Hemiptera-Reduviidae) através de microscopia eletrônica de varredura e microscopia óptica, com vistas à classificação taxionômica: Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 ...
José Maria Soares Barata
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial distribution of Triatominae populations (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mauritia flexuosa palm trees in Federal District of Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Para determinar e analisar a distribuição espacial de populações silvestres de triatomíneos no Distrito Federal, Brasil, foram amostradas 150 palmeiras da espécie Mauritia flexuosa em seis veredas de diferentes paisagens (silvestre, rural e periurbana ...
Cuba, César Augusto Cuba   +5 more
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