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Rodent Control to Fight Lassa Fever: Evaluation and Lessons Learned From a 4-Year Study in Upper Guinea [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Almudena Marí Sáez, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, N'Faly Magassouba   +2 more
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The potential habitat of desert locusts is contracting: predictions under climate change scenarios [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Desert locusts are notorious for their widespread distribution and strong destructive power. Their influence extends from the vast arid and semiarid regions of western Africa to northwestern India.
Jingyun Guan, Moyan Li, Xifeng Ju, Jun Lin, Jianguo Wu, Jianghua Zheng   +5 more
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Animal models for COVID-19: advances, gaps and perspectives

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is the most consequential pandemic of this century. Since the outbreak in late 2019, animal models have been playing crucial roles in aiding the rapid development of vaccines/drugs for prevention and therapy, as well as ...
Changfa Fan, Yong Wu, Xiong Rui, Yuansong Yang, Chen Ling, Susu Liu, Shunan Liu, Youchun Wang   +7 more
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A Comparative Study on the Distribution Pattern of Endocrine Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Two Small Alpine Mammals, Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

Animals, 2023
Endocrine cells can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, which, in turn, play an important role in animal growth, metabolism, and acclimation.
Xincheng Cai, Darhan Bao, Rui Hua, Bin Cai, Lei Wang, Rui Dong, Limin Hua   +6 more
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The Complex and Well-Developed Morphological and Histological Structures of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Plateau Zokor Improve Its Digestive Adaptability to High-Fiber Foods

Animals, 2022
The morphological and histological traits of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) enable the animal to perform some specific functions that enhance the species’ adaptability to environments.
Xincheng Cai, Darhan Bao, Guohui Ye, Bin Chu, Zhuangsheng Tang, Rui Hua, Limin Hua   +6 more
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A Landscape Restoration Initiative Reverses Desertification with High Spatiotemporal Variability in the Hinterland of Northwest China

Land, 2023
Although we are in an era of enormous global commitments to ecological restoration (the UN Decade on ER; the Bonn Challenge), little attention has been paid to the importance of sustained commitment to individual restoration initiatives and few resources
Yuanyuan Hao, Xin Liu, Yaowen Xie, Limin Hua, Xuexia Liu, Boming Liang, Yixuan Wang, Caicheng Huang, Shengshen He   +8 more
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Decreased species richness along bare patch gradient in the degradation of Kobresia pasture on the Tibetan Plateau

Ecological Indicators, 2023
The Kobresia pasture in the Tibetan Plateau, as the world's largest and most unique pastoral alpine ecosystem, is undergoing severe degradation, visible in the formation of bare patches.
Rui Hua, Guohui Ye, Marta De Giuli, Rui Zhou, Daerhan Bao, Limin Hua, Yujie Niu   +6 more
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Alarm Calling in Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae): Evidence from Field Observations and Simulated Predator and Playback Experiments

Animals, 2023
Acoustic communication plays a vital role in passing or sharing information between individuals. Identifying the biological meaning of vocal signals is crucial in understanding the survival strategies of animals.
Meina Ma, Rui Hua, Darhan Bao, Guohui Ye, Zhuangsheng Tang, Limin Hua   +5 more
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Survivorship of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a Hypoxic Environment

Sociobiology, 2015
The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a structural pest of major economic importance in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the United States Gulf coast on August 29, 2005, inundating
Carrie Cottone, Nan-Yao Su, Rudolf Scheffrahn, Claudia Riegel   +3 more
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Long-Term Infection and Pathogenesis in a Novel Mouse Model of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Viruses, 2022
Intensive efforts have been made to develop models of hRSV infection or disease using various animals. However, the limitations such as semi-permissiveness and short duration of infection have impeded their applications in both the pathogenesis of hRSV ...
Rui Xiong, Rui Fu, Yong Wu, Xi Wu, Yuan Cao, Zhe Qu, Yanwei Yang, Susu Liu, Guitao Huo, Sanlong Wang, Weijin Huang, Jianjun Lyu, Xiang Zhu, Chunnan Liang, Yihong Peng, Youchun Wang, Changfa Fan   +16 more
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