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Resistance status of Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) to four commonly used insecticides for malaria vector control in South-East Nigeria

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Progress made in the control of malaria vectors globally is largely due to the use of insecticides. However, success in the fight against malaria has slowed down or even stalled due to a host of factors including insecticide resistance.
Okechukwu Chukwuekezie, Emmanuel Nwosu, Udoka Nwangwu, Festus Dogunro, Cosmas Onwude, Nneka Agashi, Ebuka Ezihe, Clementina Anioke, Stephen Anokwu, Emelda Eloy, Peter Attah, Francis Orizu, Sylvester Ewo, Angela Okoronkwo, Anumba Joseph, Ijeoma Ikeakor, Sylvester Haruna, Virgile Gnanguenon   +17 more
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The voltage-gated sodium channel, para, limits Anopheles coluzzii vector competence in a microbiota dependent manner

Scientific Reports, 2023
The voltage-gated sodium channel, para, is a target of DDT and pyrethroid class insecticides. Single nucleotide mutations in para, called knockdown resistant or kdr, which contribute to resistance against DDT and pyrethroid insecticides, have been ...
Luisa Nardini, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Pascal Campagne, Adrien Pain, Corinne Genève, Kenneth D. Vernick, Christian Mitri   +6 more
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Genetics and immunity of Anopheles response to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae overlap with immunity to Plasmodium

Scientific Reports, 2022
Entomopathogenic fungi have been explored as a potential biopesticide to counteract the insecticide resistance issue in mosquitoes. However, little is known about the possibility that genetic resistance to fungal biopesticides could evolve in mosquito ...
Tullu Bukhari, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Emmanuel Bischoff, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Karin Eiglmeier, Michelle M. Riehle, Kenneth D. Vernick, Christian Mitri   +7 more
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals developmental heterogeneity among Plasmodium berghei sporozoites

Scientific Reports, 2021
In the malaria-causing parasite’s life cycle, Plasmodium sporozoites must travel from the midgut of a mosquito to the salivary glands before they can infect a mammalian host. However, only a fraction of sporozoites complete the journey.
Anthony A. Ruberto, Caitlin Bourke, Nicolas Merienne, Thomas Obadia, Rogerio Amino, Ivo Mueller   +5 more
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Metagenomics of the midgut microbiome of Rhipicephalus microplus from China

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Ticks, which are ectoparasites of animals, may carry multiple pathogens. The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is an important bovine parasite in China. However, the midgut microbiome of R. microplus from China has not been characterized via
Xue-Ling Zhang, Yuan-Ping Deng, Tian Yang, Le-Yan Li, Tian-Yin Cheng, Guo-Hua Liu, De-Yong Duan   +6 more
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Population genetics and genetic variation of Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans in China by analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Fleas are the most economically significant blood-feeding ectoparasites worldwide. Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans can parasitize various animals closely related to humans and are of high veterinary significance. Methods In this study,
Yu Zhang, Yu Nie, Le-Yan Li, Shu-Yu Chen, Guo-Hua Liu, Wei Liu   +5 more
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Comparative analysis of the anticoagulant activities and immunogenicity of HSC70 and HSC70TKD of Haemaphysalis flava

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Haemaphysalis flava is a hematophagous ectoparasite that acquires the nutrition needed for development and reproduction by sucking blood and digesting the blood meal.
Yu-Ke Liu, Guo-Hua Liu, Lei Liu, Ai-Bing Wang, Tian-Yin Cheng, De-Yong Duan   +5 more
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Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Background The false codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913), is a significant pest of various important economic crops and is a EU quarantine pest. In the last decade the pest has been reported on Rosa spp.
Bart T.L.H. van de Vossenberg, Tom H. van Noort, Sanne H.Z. Hooiveld-Knoppers, Lucas P. van der Gouw, Jan E.J. Mertens, Antoon J.M. Loomans   +5 more
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Investigation into limiting dilution and tick transmissibility phenotypes associated with attenuation of the S24 vaccine strain

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Babesia bovis is the causal agent of Asiatic redwater, transmitted by the pandemic tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Disease control may target the tick vector using acaricides or anti-tick vaccines, or the parasite using ...
Ben J. Mans, Ronel Pienaar, P. Christo Troskie, Michael P. Combrink   +3 more
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Lentiviral Vectors

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2004
Vectors based on lentiviruses have reached a state of development such that clinical studies using these agents as gene delivery vehicles have now begun. They have particular advantages for certain in vitro and in vivo applications especially the unique capability of integrating genetic material into the genome of non-dividing cells.
Andrew M L, Lever, Padraig M, Strappe, Jing, Zhao   +2 more
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