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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"disease vector"”.
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Characterization of RYamide neuropeptides and their Receptor in the Disease Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
… to propose physiological relevance in the disease vector, Aedes aegypti. Utilizing a cell-based functional assay, the endogenous RYamide receptor (RYa-R) was deorphanized and shown to have high specificity to the two mosquito RYamide peptides, with little to no activation by …
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An Investigation into Neuroendocrine Regulators of Excretory Organs in the Adult Disease-Vector Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
… signalling systems in this important human disease vector.
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Short-to-medium term dengue forecast in Singapore
… currently the fastest spreading mosquito-borne disease in the world, and a substantial public health problem due to its geographic spread, intensity, and resulting economic impact. The disease is endemic in Singapore, and has caused multiple outbreaks of unprecedented magnitude in the last two …
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Describing the Ionoregulatory Changes that Underlie Cold Acclimation in Drosophila Melanogaster
… on the cold tolerance of the arboviral disease vector mosquito, A. aegypti.
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Comparing mosquito communities of various patch-matrix landscape combinations in central Missouri, with implications for developing models to forecast abundances of important mosquito taxa
Disease vector population densities, combined with their relationship to landscape characters, will clearly affect the proliferation of arboviruses to humans present in these landscapes. Advanced mapping techniques (e.g., GPS, land cover surveys) allow for the characterization of specific locations …
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Elucidating the Function of Krüppel Homolog 1 (Kr-h1) Associated Proteins (KAPs) in Aedes aegypti Reproduction Through RNA Interference-Mediated Downregulation
… for mosquito population control and effective disease vector management.
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Avaliação soroepidemiológica da Doença de Chagas no município de Santo André-PB
Chagas disease (CD) is an infectious disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasite and is a serious public health problem. It is a neglected disease may be asymptomatic or have cardiac and / or digestive complications. Therefore this study aims to carry out a seroepidemiological assessment of Chagas …
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Factors Influencing Sugar Feeding in Invasive Mosquitoes
… developing effective and ecologically friendly disease vector control strategies. It is therefore important to deepen our understanding of mosquito phytophagy and, consequently, its potential to develop novel vector control methods. Particular major disease vectors are Ae. aegypti and Ae. …
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Some like it cold: interactions between the northern frog biting mosquito, Culex territans (Walker 1856), and its amphibian hosts
… be the deadliest animals in the world due to the diseases they spread. Naturally, most research centers around anthropophilic disease vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti or Anopheles gambiae. However, mosquitoes can feed on, and pose a threat to, more than humans. In fact, mosquitoes can …
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Community Base Adaptation options: The Case of Magu District in Mwanza, Tanzania
… appealed the occurrence of mosquitoes as human disease vector and armyworm to increase during extreme wet weather. There are different wealth groups namely the Better off, the middle as well as resource weak and these are vulnerable and adapted differently to climate change. Awareness on various …
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Chagas Disease in the United States: the Emerging Threat and the Role Climate and Awareness Play in Its Spread
… the roles of temperature variability and disease awareness in the emergence of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America and primarily spreads to humans directly via the triatomine vector. Hosts for most triatomine species are mainly rodents and …
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Salinity Responsiveness of Aquaporins in Osmoregulatory Organs of Larval Mosquito Aedes Aegypti
… mosquitoes harbour and transmit arboviral diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, and Zika. The aquatic larvae typically reside in freshwater environments that impose an osmotic challenge of water accumulation in their hemolymph across larval surfaces. Natural phenomena and …
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Efektifitas estrak etanol rimpang alang-alang (mperta cylinca) sebagai larvasida nyamuk (Aedes aegypti L) instar III
… Fever (DHF) is one of the communicable diseases that pose a serious threat to public health in the world. Aedes aegypti is a disease vector mosquito which belongs to a class of insects. Eradication of Aedes aegypti with the termination of life cycle has a lot to do, but until now the …
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Functional Elucidation and Characterization of GPA2/GPB5 and Its Receptor LGR1 in the Mosquito, Aedes Aegypti
… of GPA2/GPB5 and its receptor LGR1 in the disease vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. First, the tissue-specific expression and cellular localization of LGR1 was characterized to identify potential targets for GPA2/GPB5 in adult mosquitoes. LGR1 transcript and immunoreactivity was detected in …
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Direct and indirect effects of native and invasive plants on mosquito ecology
… mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), including the vectors of human and wildlife pathogens, interact with terrestrial plants throughout their life cycles. Inputs of leaf detritus into the aquatic habitat provide an energy base for developing larvae, and plants mediate the distribution of adult …
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Novel Applications of Geospatial Analysis in the Modeling of Infectious Diseases
… of geospatial analysis to answer questions about disease. In this work we explore two areas: the use of geostatistical modeling as an extension of niche modeling, and the use of mobility metrics to augment modeling for epidemic responses. Niche modeling refers to the practice of using statistical …
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Non-Canonical Odor Coding Ensures Robust Mosquito Attraction to Humans
<p>Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread deadly diseases, including dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya. Only female mosquitoes bite, and they do so because they require a blood-meal for reproduction. Aedes aegypti prefer to bite human hosts, which contributes to their effectiveness as a deadly …
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Vectors of Health: Epidemics, Ecologies, and the Reinvention of Mosquito Science in Brazil
The Aedes aegypti mosquito can be a disease vector, transmitting pathogenic viruses that are harmful to human health, such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Since the early 20th century, this insect has been the focus of scientific research and public health campaigns, framed as a …
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Variations in Time-Dependent Mosquito-Host Interactions Across Aedes Species
… largely unknown, despite its importance to vector disease control. Here, we relied on a multidisciplinary, integrative, and comparative approach to shed light on the mechanisms underlying mosquitoes adaptations to various temporal niches. We use CRISPR/Cas9 to knockout timeless in Aedes …
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Response to visual threats in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Blood-feeding mosquitoes, by transmitting parasites and viruses to their hosts, kill several hundred thousand people every year. Mosquito populations are currently developing raising levels of insecticide resistance, and there is a need for a better understanding of their behavior so that new …
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