Review of the ecology and behaviour of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Western Africa and implications for vector control [0.03%]
西非埃及伊蚊和白纹伊蚊生态和行为的回顾及其对媒介控制的意义
Beatrice R Egid,Mamadou Coulibaly,Samuel Kweku Dadzie et al.
Beatrice R Egid et al.
Western Africa is vulnerable to arboviral disease transmission, having recently experienced major outbreaks of chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika. However, there have been relatively few studies on the natural history of the two maj...
Verner N Orish,Emmanuel Komla Senanu Morhe,Wisdom Azanu et al.
Verner N Orish et al.
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is the gynaecological presentation of Schistosoma haematobium infection, resulting from egg deposition in the female genital tract. Despite the fact that this condition has been reported in the early day...
Thi Thuy Man Nguyen,Pierre Dorny,The Dung Dinh et al.
Thi Thuy Man Nguyen et al.
Helminths are among the most-commonly encountered disease-causing agents in dogs all over the world, including Vietnam. A cross-sectional survey was carried out between March and December 2019 in four dog slaughter-slabs in Yen Lap District...
Acaricide resistance in livestock ticks infesting cattle in Africa: Current status and potential mitigation strategies [0.03%]
非洲家畜蜱对牛的杀虫剂抗性：目前状况及潜在缓解策略
Naftaly W Githaka,Esther G Kanduma,Barbara Wieland et al.
Naftaly W Githaka et al.
In many African countries, tick control has recently been the responsibility of resource-poor farmers rather than central government veterinary departments. This has led to an increase in acaricide resistance, threatening the welfare of liv...
Laboratory and semi-field evaluation of the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bactivec®) and Bacillus sphaericus (Griselesf®) for control of mosquito vectors in northeastern Tanzania [0.03%]
评估芽孢杆菌以色列变种（Bactivec®）和球形芽孢杆菌（Griselesf®）在坦桑尼亚东北部蚊子控制中的功效
Yahya A Derua,Patrick K Tungu,Robert C Malima et al.
Yahya A Derua et al.
Bacterial larvicides Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) and Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) have been used extensively for mosquito control. However, their efficacy varies greatly mainly due to factors related to target mosquitoes, larv...
Distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of wild animals in South Africa: A systematic review [0.03%]
南非野生动物的蜱虫及蜱传病原体的分布和流行现状：系统综述
Maphuti B Ledwaba,Khumalo Nozipho,Danisile Tembe et al.
Maphuti B Ledwaba et al.
Ticks are significant ectoparasites of animals and humans. Published data indicate that most vectors that transmit livestock and human pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa, are native to the region and originate from wild animals. Currently, the...
An atlas of the germ ball-cercaria-schistosomulum transition in Schistosoma mansoni, using confocal microscopy and in situ hybridisation [0.03%]
使用共聚焦显微镜和原位杂交技术绘制曼氏血吸虫毛蚴-母胞过渡的图谱
Sophie J Parker-Manuel,R Alan Wilson
Sophie J Parker-Manuel
Schistosomes are complex platyhelminth parasites with a genome comprising ∼12,000 protein-coding genes, three distinct generations, and at least seven distinct phenotypes. We chart here cellular and gene expression changes associated with ...
Current methods for the detection of Plasmodium parasite species infecting humans [0.03%]
当前的人类疟原虫感染检测方法
Lucinda Slater,Shoaib Ashraf,Osama Zahid et al.
Lucinda Slater et al.
Malaria is the world's fatal parasitic disease. The ability to quickly and accurately identify malaria infection in challenging environments is crucial to allow efficient administration of the best treatment regime for human patients. If th...
Complex life-cycles in trophically transmitted helminths: Do the benefits of increased growth and transmission outweigh generalism and complexity costs? [0.03%]
营养传递的蠕虫中的复杂生活史：增长和传播的好处是否弥补了广适性和复杂性的成本？
Daniel P Benesh,James C Chubb,Kevin D Lafferty et al.
Daniel P Benesh et al.
Why do so many parasitic worms have complex life-cycles? A complex life-cycle has at least two hypothesized costs: (i) worms with longer life-cycles, i.e. more successive hosts, must be generalists at the species level, which might reduce l...
Cong Liao,Tao Wang,Anson V Koehler et al.
Cong Liao et al.
Cryptosporidium is a group of protistan parasites of a range of vertebrates including mammals and birds. Stimulated by previous work that revealed "zoonotic" Cryptosporidium meleagridis subtypes (i.e. IIIbA26G1R1b and IIIbA22G1R1c) in diarr...