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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Vector-borne diseases"”.
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Molecular candidates for Blocking the Transmission of Vector-Borne diseases
<p>Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) require urgent attention as they have a high mortality rate, with 700,000 people dying in a year as of 2017. So far, extremely few reliable vaccination strategies and solutions have emerged. Transmission blocking vaccines are one among many solutions available to …
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Applying regional climate change projections for spatio-temporal risk analyses of vector-borne diseases
Bei vorliegender Dissertation handelt es sich um eine Abhandlung zu vektor-assoziierten Krankheiten in Zeiten des Klimawandels. Bei vektor-assoziierten Krankheiten wird ein Pathogen durch einen Vektor (Überträger), auf ein Wirtstier übertragen. Als solche Vektoren agieren meist Arthropoden. …
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Bionomics of vector-borne diseases in sites adjacent to lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya
Bionomics of vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) is a complex phenomenon that involves understanding the ecology of arthropod borne pathogens and vertebrate hosts potentially involved in their transmission cycles. Investigations into the bionomics of viral and bacterial VBPs circulating in Baringo and …
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Effects of habitat and plant volatiles on mosquito spatial, seasonal, and chemical ecology
Mosquitoes, by transmitting vector-borne diseases through their saliva, impact nearly half of the world's population. Mosquito survival is dependent on their sense of smell, or olfaction, which allows a mosquito to differentiate between plant nectar, required for metabolic processes, and host …
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Mosquito Transposable Elements and piwi Genes
Vector control is an essential and effective approach for controlling transmission of vector-borne diseases. However, increasing resistance to insecticide and drugs suggests that new strategies to control vector-borne diseases are needed. One possible strategy involves replacing mosquito …
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Simulating the Spread of Malaria: A Cellular Automaton Based Mathematical Model & A Prototype Software Implementation
… of which one-third are of children. Malaria is a vector-borne disease, where a mosquito acts as the vector that transmits the disease. In the last few years, computer simulation based models have been used effectively to study the vector population dynamics and control strategies of vector-borne …
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Molecular detection and factors associated with selected tickbone zoonoses in dogs in Chilanga district in Zambia
Vector borne diseases, also referred to as zoonoses, have been responsible for some of the worst plagues of mankind. The close relationship between humans and animals increases chances of transmission of vector-borne zoonoses. Among some of these infections are pathogens transmitted by ticks which …
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Molecular detection and factors associated with selected tickbone zoonoses in dogs in Chilanga district in Zambia
Vector borne diseases, also referred to as zoonoses, have been responsible for some of the worst plagues of mankind. The close relationship between humans and animals increases chances of transmission of vector-borne zoonoses. Among some of these infections are pathogens transmitted by ticks which …
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Exploring the Multi-scale character of infectious disease dynamics
… approach as a favourable alternative. Among the diseases that have persistently plagued most developing countries are vector-borne diseases like Malaria and directly transmitted diseases like Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD). Globally, FMD has caused major losses in the economic sector (particularly …
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A “tick”-Ing Threat: The Surveillance And Ecology Of The Lyme Disease System
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are the most common types of emerging infectious diseases in the world and constitute major threats to public health. Understanding the interplay between the environment, vector, and pathogen that expedite disease spread remains a challenge. The overarching goal of this …
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Modeling Temperature Effects on Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) cause significant harm to humans, plants, and animals worldwide. For instance, VBDs are very difficult to manage, as they are governed by complex interactions. VBD transmission depends on the pathogen itself, vector-host movement, and environmental conditions. …
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The rickettsial effector Sca4 has a conserved interaction with host clathrin and a tick cell specific role in infection
… are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause vector-borne diseases that constitute an ongoing public health threat. As Rickettsia spp. have small genomes, and thus a limited coding capacity, multifunctional effectors may be an efficient way to manipulate their host environment. However, …
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Badgers (Meles meles) as reservoirs of vector-borne infections in the UK
… and changing distribution of a number of vector-borne diseases, and the temperate regions are not an exception. Whilst Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) are known to host a wide range of pathogens, information on haemoparasites of badgers, their role as reservoirs of vector-borne infections, …
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Chromosomal evolution in mosquitoes - vectors of diseases
The World Health Organization estimates that vector-borne diseases account for 17% of the global burden of all infectious diseases and has identified the mosquito as the most dangerous of all disease-transmitting insects, being responsible for several million deaths and hundreds of millions of …
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Impact of climate- and urbanization-driven environmental change on Aedes aegypti susceptibility to Zika virus
… will expand, allowing for increased spread of vector-borne diseases. Even in the most optimistic climate models, the risk of diseases transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes is high, especially in Africa, where the disease burden is expected to shift from malaria to arboviruses. Our current …
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The Use of Remote Sensing for Mapping Possible Vectors of West Nile Virus in Mississippi
… surveillance due to the persistence of numerous vector-borne diseases. Though the life-history processes of disease vectors are known to dictate their distribution patterns, it has been hypothesized that vectors, such as local mosquito abundance, could be predicted from factors such as climate …
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Genomic analysis of the diapause program in the West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens.
… Culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes is a major vector for several pathogens responsible for infectious human diseases including West Nile virus in North America. With the growth of the American population, the prevalence of vector-borne diseases has become an increasing threat to human safety. …
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