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Impact of repeated NeemAzal®-treated blood meals on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes [PDF]
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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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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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]
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]
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]
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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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
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Substrate texture properties induce triatomine probing on bitten warm surfaces [PDF]
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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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
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Spatial distribution of Triatominae populations (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mauritia flexuosa palm trees in Federal District of Brazil [PDF]
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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