Expansions of chemosensory gene orthologs among selected tsetse fly species and their expressions in Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse fly. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Tsetse fly exhibit species-specific olfactory uniqueness potentially underpinned by differences in their chemosensory protein repertoire. We assessed 1) expansions of chemosensory protein orthologs in Glossina morsitans morsitans, Glossina pallidipes ...
Joy M Kabaka +9 more
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Parasites and blood-meal hosts of the tsetse fly in Tanzania: a metagenomics study [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Tsetse flies can transmit various Trypanosoma spp. that cause trypanosomiasis in humans, wild animals, and domestic animals. Amplicon deep sequencing of the 12S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene can be used to detect mammalian tsetse hosts, and the ...
Ju Yeong Kim +4 more
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Oxidative Phosphorylation Is Required for Powering Motility and Development of the Sleeping Sickness Parasite Trypanosoma brucei in the Tsetse Fly Vector [PDF]
mBio, 2022 The single-celled parasite Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted by hematophagous tsetse flies. Life cycle progression from mammalian bloodstream form to tsetse midgut form and, subsequently, infective salivary gland form depends on complex developmental ...
Caroline E. Dewar +7 more
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Gene co-expression network analysis of Trypanosoma brucei in tsetse fly vector [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Trypanosoma brucei species are motile protozoan parasites that are cyclically transmitted by tsetse fly (genus Glossina) causing human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. African trypanosomes display digenetic life
Kennedy W. Mwangi +2 more
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Serological responses and biomarker evaluation in mice and pigs exposed to tsetse fly bites. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are obligate blood-feeding insects that transmit African trypanosomes responsible for human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock.
Guy Caljon +6 more
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Fluorescent proteins reveal what trypanosomes get up to inside the tsetse fly [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 The discovery and development of fluorescent proteins for the investigation of living cells and whole organisms has been a major advance in biomedical research.
Wendy Gibson, Lori Peacock
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Microarchitecture of the tsetse fly proboscis. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2017 Tsetse flies (genus Glossina) are large blood-sucking dipteran flies that are important as vectors of human and animal trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Tsetse anatomy has been well described, including detailed accounts of the functional anatomy of
Gibson W, Peacock L, Hutchinson R.
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Assessing the Tsetse Fly Microbiome Composition and the Potential Association of Some Bacteria Taxa with Trypanosome Establishment. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The tsetse flies, biological vectors of African trypanosomes, harbour a variety of bacteria involved in their vector competence that may help in developing novel vector control tools.
Tsakeng CUB +7 more
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The establishment of variant surface glycoprotein monoallelic expression revealed by single-cell RNA-seq of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly salivary glands. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2021 The long and complex Trypanosoma brucei development in the tsetse fly vector culminates when parasites gain mammalian infectivity in the salivary glands.
Hutchinson S +6 more
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Allergic reactions associated with tsetse fly bites [PDF]
Annals of MedicineBackground Allergic reactions in response to arthropod bites are a growing concern worldwide. Alpha-Gal syndrome (AGS) is a red meat allergy associated with IgE antibodies against galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-Gal), typically linked to tick bites ...
Rita Vaz-Rodrigues +4 more
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