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Mutualist-Provisioned Resources Impact Vector Competency

mBio, 2019
Many symbionts supplement their host’s diet with essential nutrients. However, whether these nutrients also enhance parasitism is unknown. In this study, we investigated whether folate (vitamin B9) production by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) essential ...
Rita V. M. Rio, Anna K. S. Jozwick, Amy F. Savage, Afsoon Sabet, Aurelien Vigneron, Yineng Wu, Serap Aksoy, Brian L. Weiss   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactions between Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus and tsetse endosymbionts in wild tsetse populations

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Tsetse control is considered an effective and sustainable tactic for the control of cyclically transmitted trypanosomosis in the absence of effective vaccines and inexpensive, effective drugs.
Mouhamadou M. Dieng, Antonios A. Augustinos, Güler Demirbas-Uzel, Vangelis Doudoumis, Andrew G. Parker, George Tsiamis, Robert L. Mach, Kostas Bourtzis, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Allelic segregation and independent assortment in T. brucei crosses: proof that the genetic system is Mendelian and involves meiosis [PDF]

, 2005
The genetic system on Trypanosoma brucei has been analysed by generating large numbers of independent progeny clones from two crosses, one between two cloned isolates of Trypanosoma brucei brucei and one between cloned isolates of T. b.
Annette MacLeod, Alison Tweedie, Sarah McLellan, Sonya Taylor, Anneli Cooper, Lindsay Sweeney, C. Michael R. Turner, Andy Tait, Hoare, Gibson, Tibayrenc, MacLeod, MacLeod, MacLeod, Gibson, Turner, Jenni, Sternberg, Gibson, Tait, Gibson, Le Page, Paindovoine, Hope, Su, Su, Martinelli, Culleton, Martinelli, Su, Shirley, Tait, MacLeod, El-Sayed, Hall, Benson, Gaunt, Tait, Gibson, Schweizer, Gibson, Gibson, Hassold, Hide, Van Den Abbeele   +44 more
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Sequence and expression analysis of potential spermatogenesis‐specific gene cognates in the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 505-516, April 2026.
Abstract The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a highly effective biologically‐based method for the suppression of many insect pest populations. SIT efficacy could be improved by methods of male sterilization that avoid the use of irradiation that can result in diminished fitness and mating competitiveness.
Alfred M. Handler, Richard B. Furlong, Chao Chen, Daniel A. Hahn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Tsetse (Glossina spp.) using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Glossina (G.) spp. (Diptera: Glossinidae), known as tsetse flies, are vectors of African trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domestic livestock.
Antje Hoppenheit, Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, Burkhard Bauer, Stephan Steuber, Peter-Henning Clausen, Uwe Roesler   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human infectivity trait in Trypanosoma brucei: stability, heritability and relationship to sra expression [PDF]

, 2004
Some Trypanosoma brucei lines infect humans whereas others do not because the parasites are lysed by human serum. We have developed a robust, quantitative in vitro assay based on differential uptake of fluorescent dyes by live and dead trypanosomes to ...
Bisoni, L., Lindergard, L.A.G., MacLeod, A., McLellan, S., Tait, A., Turner, C.M.R.   +5 more
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Synthetic biology approaches to generate temperature‐sensitive alleles for the Sterile Insect Technique

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 517-532, April 2026.
Abstract The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly, sustainable pest control approach, which uses large‐scale releases of sterile insects to suppress or eradicate target populations through infertile matings. The efficiency of SIT is enhanced by male‐only releases requiring genetic sexing strains (GSSs) that are classically ...
Chun Yin Leung, Ernst A. Wimmer, Hassan M. M. Ahmed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular detection of Sodalis glossinidius, Spiroplasma species and Wolbachia endosymbionts in wild population of tsetse flies collected in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria

BMC Microbiology, 2023
Background Tsetse flies are cyclical vectors of African trypanosomiasis (AT). The flies have established symbiotic associations with different bacteria that influence certain aspects of their physiology.
Youssouf Mouliom Mfopit, Judith Sophie Engel, Gloria Dada Chechet, Mahamat Alhadj Moussa Ibrahim, Djoukzoumka Signaboubo, Daniel Mbunkah Achukwi, Mohammed Mamman, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu, Junaidu Kabir, Soerge Kelm   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological re-description and molecular identification of Tabanidae (Diptera) in East Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Biting flies of the family Tabanidae are important vectors of human and animal diseases across continents. However, records of Africa tabanids are fragmentary and mostly cursory.
Ciosi, Marc, Gitau, Joseph, Masiga, Daniel, Mugasa, Claire M., Ndungu, Nelly, Villinger, Jandouwe   +5 more
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CRISPR/Cas9‐based white pupae mutant lines in Bactrocera spp. for sterile insect technique applications

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 463-475, April 2026.
Bactrocera fruit flies are significant horticultural pests that cause major economic losses. A “neoclassical approach” incorporating genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 to develop genetic sexing strains (GSS) could render the sterile insect technique (SIT) against these pests more efficient and cost‐effective.
Chrysanthi Ioannidou, Maria‐Eleni Gregoriou, Marc F. Schetelig, Elena Drosopoulou, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Kostas Bourtzis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source