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A neglected aspect of the epidemiology of sleeping sickness: the propensity of the tsetse fly vector to enter houses. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: When taking a bloodmeal from humans, tsetse flies can transmit the trypanosomes responsible for sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis. While it is commonly assumed that humans must enter the normal woodland habitat of the tsetse
Glyn A Vale +3 more
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Activation of endocytosis as an adaptation to the mammalian host by trypanosomes [PDF]
, 2007 Immune evasion in African trypanosomes is principally mediated by antigenic variation, but rapid internalization of surface-bound immune factors may contribute to survival.
Field, Mark C +4 more
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The transformer gene controls sexual development in Drosophila suzukii
Insect Science, EarlyView.The transformer gene plays a key role in the genetic pathway for sexual development in Drosophila suzukii Abstract The genetic network of sex determination in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster was investigated in great detail. Such knowledge not only advances our understanding of the evolution and regulation of sexual dimorphism in insects ...
Ying Yan +8 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background African trypanosomiases are caused by trypanosomes that are cyclically transmitted by tsetse. Investigations aiming to generate knowledge on the bacterial fauna of tsetse have revealed distinct symbiotic microorganisms.
Sartrien Tagueu Kanté +4 more
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Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review
Insect Science, EarlyView.Abstract Sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a key component of efficient pest control. Fruit fly pests from the Drosophilidae and Tephritidae families pose a substantial and overwhelmingly increasing threat to the agricultural industry, aggravated by climate change and globalization among other contributors.
Serafima Davydova +2 more
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Trypanosoma brucei modifies the tsetse salivary composition, altering the fly feeding behavior that favors parasite transmission. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2010 Tsetse flies are the notorious transmitters of African trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the Trypanosoma parasite that affects humans and livestock on the African continent.
Jan Van Den Abbeele +4 more
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Insect Science, EarlyView.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 +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Controlling tsetse flies is critical for effective management of African trypanosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. To enhance timely and targeted deployment of tsetse control strategies a better understanding of their temporal dynamics is paramount.
Stella Gachoki +4 more
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Nanobodies as tools to understand, diagnose, and treat African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
, 2017 African trypanosomes are strictly extracellular protozoan parasites that cause diseases in humans and livestock and significantly affect the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa.
Caljon, Guy +5 more
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Olfactory Sensitivity in Tsetse Flies: a Daily Rhythm [PDF]
Chemical Senses, 1998 The diurnal tsetse Glossina morsitans morsitans bites especially in early morning and late afternoon; around midday feeding is at a low. In laboratory apparatus that measures the amount of locomotion under constant conditions over the photophase, the flies display a similar patterning of activity levels. The profile of daily rhythms for G.
van der Goes van Naters, W.M +2 more
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