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Leishmania infection induces a limited differential gene expression in the sand fly midgut

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Sand flies are the vectors of Leishmania parasites. To develop in the sand fly midgut, Leishmania multiplies and undergoes various stage differentiations giving rise to the infective form, the metacyclic promastigotes. To determine the changes
Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Claudio Meneses, Shaden Kamhawi, Fabiano Oliveira, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +5 more
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Status Quo and Future Perspectives of Molecular and Genomic Studies on the Genus Biomphalaria—The Intermediate Snail Host of Schistosoma mansoni

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Schistosomiasis, or also generally known as bilharzia or snail fever, is a parasitic disease that is caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma.
M. Au, G. Williams, J. Hui
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Repellency and insecticidal activity of seven Mugwort (Artemisia argyi) essential oils against the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Anopheles sinensis is the main vector of malaria with a wide distribution in China and its adjacent countries. The smoke from burning dried mugwort leaves has been commonly used to repel and kill mosquito adults especially in southern Chinese provinces ...
De-Yue Luo, Zhen-Tian Yan, Lin-Rong Che, Junwei Jerry Zhu, Bin Chen   +4 more
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The complete mitogenome of the Paranticopsis xenocles (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae) and phylogenetic implications

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Paranticopsis xenocles Doubleday belongs to the Paranticopsis of Papilionidae and is mainly distributed in China mainland. Herein, we report the complete mitogenome of P. xenocles reconstructing from Illumina sequence data. The mitogenome is 15,187 bp in
Zhenhuai Fan, Yaping Hu, Site Luo, Danlan Hu, Xueqian Wang, Wenbo Fu, Bin Chen, Zhentian Yan   +7 more
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Effects of stable ectopic expression of the primary sex determination gene Yob in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, are controlled primarily by suppressing mosquito vector populations using insecticides. The current control programmes are seriously threatened by the emergence and rapid spread of resistance to ...
Elzbieta Krzywinska, Jaroslaw Krzywinski
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Challenges in Tick-Borne Pathogen Detection: The Case for Babesia spp. Identification in the Tick Vector

Pathogens, 2021
The causative agents of Babesiosis are intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Babesia. Babesia parasites are present around the world, affecting several mammals including humans, pets and livestock, hence its medical and veterinary relevance.
Grecia Martínez-García, Montserrat Santamaría-Espinosa, José J Lira-Amaya, J. V. Figueroa   +3 more
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Transcriptomic Profiling of Diverse Aedes aegypti Strains Reveals Increased Basal-level Immune Activation in Dengue Virus-refractory Populations and Identifies Novel Virus-vector Molecular Interactions

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Genetic variation among Aedes aegypti populations can greatly influence their vector competence for human pathogens such as the dengue virus (DENV).
S. Sim, Natapong Jupatanakul, J. Ramírez, Seokyoung Kang, C. Romero-Vivas, H. Mohammed, G. Dimopoulos   +6 more
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Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of odorant receptor genes in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The olfactory system plays a crucial role in regulating insect behaviors. The detection of odorants is mainly mediated by various odorant receptors (ORs) that are expressed in the dendrites of olfactory neurons of chemosensilla.
Zhengbo He, Zhengrong Yu, Xingfei He, Youjin Hao, Liang Qiao, Shihui Luo, Jingjing Zhang, Bin Chen   +7 more
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Engineering a vector-based pan-Leishmania vaccine for humans: proof of principle

Scientific Reports, 2020
Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases transmitted by sand fly vectors that deposit Leishmania spp. parasites in the host skin during blood feeding.
Pedro Cecílio, James Oristian, Claudio Meneses, Tiago D. Serafim, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Anabela Cordeiro da Silva, Fabiano Oliveira   +6 more
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Establishment and a comparative transcriptomic analysis of a male-specific cell line from the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Scientific Reports, 2022
Cell lines allow studying various biological processes that may not be easily tractable in whole organisms. Here, we have established the first male-specific cell line from the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
Elzbieta Krzywinska, Luca Ferretti, Jaroslaw Krzywinski   +2 more
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