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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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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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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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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Tsetse fly density and trypanosoma infection rate in Bedele and Dabo Hana districts of Buno Bedele Zone, Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Trypanosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosome and primarily transmitted by tsetse flies. This study aimed to determine the density of tsetse flies and the rate of trypanosome infection in the ...
Ahimedin Beshir +5 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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Tsetse fly inspired steerable bone drill—a proof of concept [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 The fixation strength of pedicle screws could be increased by fixating along the much stronger cortical bone layer, which is not possible with the current rigid and straight bone drills. Inspired by the tsetse fly, a single-plane steerable bone drill was
Esther P. de Kater +3 more
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Patterns of microbiome composition in tsetse fly Glossina palpalis palpalis during vector control using Tiny Targets in Campo, South Cameroon [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumNovel vector control tools against African trypanosomiases require a deep understanding of the factors driving tsetse vector fitness or population resilience in their ecosystems.
Calmes Ursain Bouaka Tsakeng +7 more
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Detecting bracoviral orthologs distribution in five tsetse fly species and the housefly genomes [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2020 Objective Mutualism between endogenous viruses and eukaryotes is still poorly understood. Several endogenous double-stranded polydnaviruses, bracoviruses, homologous to those present in parasitic braconid wasp genomes were detected in the tsetse fly ...
Kelvin M. Kimenyi +5 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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