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Lutzomyia longipalpis: an update on this sand fly vector.

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021
Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of Leishmania infantum, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the New World. It is a permissive vector susceptible to infection with several Leishmania species.
F. Rêgo, R. Soares
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UDP-glycosyltransferase genes and their association and mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) is an important biotransformation superfamily of enzymes. They catalyze the transfer of glycosyl residues from activated nucleotide sugars to acceptor hydrophobic molecules, and function in several physiological ...
Yong Zhou, Wen-Bo Fu, Feng-Ling Si, Zhen-Tian Yan, Yu-Juan Zhang, Qi-Yi He, Bin Chen   +6 more
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Complete mitogenomes of Anopheles peditaeniatus and Anopheles nitidus and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Anopheles inferred from mitogenomes

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Despite the medical importance of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles in the transmission of malaria and other human diseases, its phylogenetic relationships are not settled, and the characteristics of mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) are not ...
Jing Guo, Zhen-Tian Yan, Wen-Bo Fu, Huan Yuan, Xu-Dong Li, Bin Chen   +5 more
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Binding of Leishmania infantum Lipophosphoglycan to the Midgut Is Not Sufficient To Define Vector Competence in Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies

mSphere, 2020
The major surface lipophosphoglycan (LPG) of Leishmania parasites is critical to vector competence in restrictive sand fly vectors in mediating Leishmania attachment to the midgut epithelium, considered essential to parasite survival and development ...
Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, James Oristian, Waldionê de Castro, Timothy R. Wilson, Claudio Meneses, Rodrigo P. Soares, Valéria M. Borges, Albert Descoteaux, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +9 more
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Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Background Social wasps Polistes, Ropalidia, and Parapolybia, belonging to the subfamily Polistinae, have obviously different distribution patterns, yet the factors leading to this difference remain unknown.
Li Luo, Pan Huang, Bin Chen, Ting-Jing Li   +3 more
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Adapt or Die: Targeting Unique Transmission-Stage Biology for Malaria Elimination

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Plasmodium parasites have a complex life cycle that includes development in the human host as well as the Anopheles vector. Successful transmission of the parasite between its host and vector therefore requires the parasite to balance its investments in ...
Mariëtte E. van der Watt, J. Reader, L. Birkholtz   +2 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of Anopheles stephensi and An. dirus and comparative evolutionary mitochondriomics of 50 mosquitoes

Scientific Reports, 2017
To better understand the phylogeny and evolution of mosquitoes, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Anopheles stephensi and An. dirus were sequenced and annotated, and a total of 50 mosquito mitogenomes were comparatively analyzed.
You-Jin Hao, Yi-Lin Zou, Yi-Ran Ding, Wen-Yue Xu, Zhen-Tian Yan, Xu-Dong Li, Wen-Bo Fu, Ting-Jing Li, Bin Chen   +8 more
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Genome-wide identification, characterization and classification of ionotropic glutamate receptor genes (iGluRs) in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) are conserved ligand-gated ion channel receptors, and ionotropic receptors (IRs) were revealed as a new family of iGluRs.
Ting-Ting Wang, Feng-Ling Si, Zheng-Bo He, Bin Chen   +3 more
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Small RNA sequencing of field Culex mosquitoes identifies patterns of viral infection and the mosquito immune response

Scientific Reports, 2023
Mosquito-borne disease remains a significant burden on global health. In the United States, the major threat posed by mosquitoes is transmission of arboviruses, including West Nile virus by mosquitoes of the Culex genus.
Steven M. Abel, Zhenchen Hong, Desiree Williams, Sally Ireri, Michelle Q. Brown, Tianyun Su, Kim Y. Hung, Jennifer A. Henke, John P. Barton, Karine G. Le Roch   +9 more
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HSP superfamily of genes in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis: diversity, phylogenetics and association with pyrethroid resistance

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that are involved in many normal cellular processes and various kinds of environmental stress.
Feng-Ling Si, Liang Qiao, Qi-Yi He, Yong Zhou, Zhen-Tian Yan, Bin Chen   +5 more
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