"Without a man's decision, nothing works": Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya. by Irene N Mutambo, Bernard Bett, Salome A Bukachi

“…Pastoralist men and women employ different approaches, including hygiene practices and mosquito nets, community knowledge dissemination, establishment of new businesses, utilization of healthcare, and indigenous medicines, to reduce the effects of RVF in both humans and livestock. …”
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Assessment of flavivirus RNA stability and infectivity in various water environments by Yuka Sano, Hawraa Al-Alawi, Misao Himeno, Ryuichi Majima, Kazumi Haga, Myo Thura Kyaw, Satoshi Taniguchi, Meng Ling Moi

“…Abstract Introduction Flaviviruses such as dengue virus (DENV), Zika virus (ZIKV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and Yellow fever virus (YFV) are mosquito-borne RNA viruses causing major public health threats in major parts of the world. …”
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Review of the aetiologies of central nervous system infections in Vietnam by Hannah E. Brindle, Hannah E. Brindle, Marc Choisy, Marc Choisy, Robert Christley, Neil French, Michael Griffiths, Pham Quang Thai, H. Rogier van Doorn, H. Rogier van Doorn, Behzad Nadjm, Behzad Nadjm

“…In particular, we focus on the most common pathogens in adults and children including Streptococcus suis which is associated with the consumption of raw pig products, and Japanese encephalitis virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen. We also discuss pathogens less commonly known to cause CNS infections in Vietnam but have been detected in neighbouring countries such as Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi and Leptospira species and how these may contribute to the unknown causes in Vietnam. …”
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Malaria y hemoglobina S: ¿resistencia o protección? by Maritza Margarita Cabrera Zamora

“…La malaria (o paludismo) es una enfermedad infecciosa causada por parásitos de la familia Plasmodium y transmitída por los mosquitos Anopheles hembra. En el año 2015, se calcula que hubo 212 millones de nuevos casos de paludismo y 429 000 muertes. …”
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Screening semen samples for Zika virus infection: role for serologic and RT-PCR testing by Humberto Ferraz, Humberto Ferraz, Humberto Ferraz, Kevan Akrami, Kevan Akrami, Kevan Akrami, Laise de Moraes, Laise de Moraes, Lais Cambuí Gusmão, Genevieve Coelho, Daniele Freitas, Daniele Freitas, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral, Viviane Boaventura, Viviane Boaventura, Luciane Amorim Santos, Luciane Amorim Santos, Luciane Amorim Santos, Ricardo Khouri, Ricardo Khouri

“…IntroductionZika virus (ZIKV) is primarily transmitted through mosquito bites though may act as a sexually transmitted infection. …”
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Dual EMCV-IRES-integrated dengue virus can express an exogenous gene and cellular Mdm2 integration suppresses the dengue viral replication by Tadahisa Teramoto

“…It was revealed that the IRES-integrated DENV2 is prevented from replicating in C6/36 mosquito cells, suggesting that the 5′ cap is an advantageous mechanism for flavivirus translation in invertebrate species. …”
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Evaluation of the Larvicidal Efficacy of Five Indigenous Weeds against an Indian Strain of Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) by Aarti Sharma, Sarita Kumar, Pushplata Tripathi

“…Aedes aegypti, dengue fever mosquito, is primarily associated with the transmission of dengue and chikungunya in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. …”
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The infectivity of virus particles from Wolbachia-infected Drosophila by Angelique Asselin, Karyn Johnson

“…As such, it has been successfully implemented in vector control strategies against mosquito-borne diseases, including Dengue virus. Whilst the mechanisms behind Wolbachia-mediated viral blocking are not fully characterised, it was recently shown that viruses grown in the presence of Wolbachia in some Dipteran cell cultures are less infectious than those grown in the absence of Wolbachia. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Malaria in Iwaka District, Mimika, Papua by Novyan Lusiyana

“…The use of bed nets, mosquito repellents, and long-sleeved clothing was low, and most houses had wooden walls without wire mesh protection. …”
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Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Juraina Abd-Jamil, Romano Ngui, Syahrul Nellis, Rosmadi Fauzi, Ai Lian Yvonne Lim, Karuthan Chinna, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly AbuBakar

“…Dengue is an endemic mosquito-borne viral disease prevalent in many urban areas of the tropic, especially the Southeast Asia. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of confirmed dengue patients. Cumanayagua, Cuba. 2019 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Midalys del Carmen Llanes Cartaya, Liosbel González León, Leticia Castro Morejón

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has spread rapidly in many regions in recent years.…”
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IDENTIFICATION OF MICROFILARIAE USING CONVENTIONAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND QPCR-HRM by Bagus Muhammad Ihsan, Widyana Lakshmi Puspita, Linda Triana, Wahdaniah, Khayan, Cecep Dani Sucipto

“…As part of the life cycle of filariasis, symptomatic or asymptomatic patients with microfilariae in their blood can transmit the disease via mosquito bites. The inspection of microfilariae that is currently being developed uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to carry out a unique DNA search technique. …”
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Small Cages with Insect Couples Provide a Simple Method for a Preliminary Assessment of Mating Disruption by Françoise Briand, Patrick M. Guerin, Pierre-Joseph Charmillot, Patrik Kehrli

“…Cages consisted of a cubic metal frame of 35 cm sides, which was covered with a mosquito net of 1500 μm mesh size. Cages were installed in the centre of pheromone-treated and untreated vineyards. …”
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Microcephaly protein ANKLE2 promotes Zika virus replication by Adam T. Fishburn, Cole J. Florio, Thomas N. Klaessens, Brian Prince, Neil A. B. Adia, Nicholas J. Lopez, Nitin Sai Beesabathuni, Sydney S. Becker, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Sophia T. Haggard Arcé, Vivian Hoang, Traci N. Shiu, R. Blake Richardson, Matthew J. Evans, Claudia Rückert, Priya S. Shah

“…ANKLE2’s ability to promote ZIKV replication is conserved in mosquito cells and for other related mosquito-borne orthoflaviviruses. …”
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Simultaneous Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Malachite Green Using Electrospun P(3HB)-TiO2 Nanocomposite Fibers and Films by Nanthini Sridewi, Yan-Fen Lee, Kumar Sudesh

“…The fully decolorized MG solution also proved to be nontoxic against A. aegypti mosquito larvae. The reapplicability of this film was possible as it induced a decolorization rate of 98% or more at every usage for ten consequent usages. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Malaria Infection among Outpatients Visiting Shewa Robit Health Center, Northcentral Ethiopia by Azene Tesfaye, Tadegew Teshome

“…The data showed age, gender, marital status, family size, usage of LLINs and application of IRS, proximity to mosquito breeding sites and less robust and porous walls were the determinants of the infection in the study area. …”
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Old and Recent Advances in Life Cycle, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Malaria Including Perspectives in Ethiopia by Dejen Nureye, Solomon Assefa

“…The malaria parasite has a complex life cycle that takes place both inside the mosquito and human beings. Generally, diagnosis of malaria is classified into clinical and parasitological diagnoses. …”
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Plataforma TI de vigilancia entomológica del Aedes aegypti con colaboración colectiva, Web GIS y mHealth* by Cesar Augusto Díaz-Celis, Oscar Gutiérrez-Lesmes, Angel Cruz-Roa

“…El mosquito Aedes aegypti es una especie antropoflica que se ha adaptado a entornos urbanos y es el principal vector de enfermedades como el dengue, la fiebre de Zika, la enfermedad del Chikungunya y la fiebre amarilla, lo que representa una importante carga al sistema de salud, en especial en países tropicales donde es endèmico. …”
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Isolation of Bacillus sphaericus from Lombok Island, Indonesia, and Their Toxicity against Anopheles aconitus by Bambang Fajar Suryadi, Bagyo Yanuwiadi, Tri Ardyati, Suharjono

“…However, there is no information regarding local isolate of B. sphaericus that is toxic to mosquito larvae from Lombok. The aims of the study were to isolate B. sphaericus from soil in areas close to beach surrounding Lombok Island and to test their toxicity against 3rd instar Anopheles aconitus larvae. …”
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Un entretenimiento ilustrado. Correo del Domingo (1864-1868) y la consolidación de la prensa ilustrada en Buenos Aires by Diego Labra

“…Sin embargo, Correo del Domingo (1864-1868) no ha sido aún objeto de una investigación de largo aliento, cuando la publicación fundada por José María Cantilo, junto con El Mosquito (1863-1893), hicieron de los años 1860 un punto de inflexión en la historia de la prensa ilustrada porteña. …”
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