First Comprehensive List of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Leishmaniasis Focus (Djelfa, Algeria), Including the First Record of Phlebotomus langeroni Fem... by Fatma Messaoudene, Slimane Boukraa, Said Chaouki Boubidi, Ahlem Guerzou

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Insights into the transmission cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis from an endemic community in rural Guatemala by Yaimie Lopez, Aitor Casas-Sanchez, Byron Arana, Nidia Rizzo, Erick Duran, Norma Padilla, Andrea de la Vega, Esteban Bustamante, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, Renata Mendizabal-Cabrera

“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic vector-borne disease prevalent in 90 countries. Despite its endemicity in Guatemala, key transmission factors are still unknown. …”
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<i>Borrelia</i>, <i>Leishmania</i>, and <i>Babesia</i>: An Emerging Triad of Vector-Borne Co-Infections? by Elianne Piloto-Sardiñas, Ana Laura Cano-Argüelles, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

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Species classification of Tabanus (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Western Thailand: Integrating DNA barcoding and modern morphometrics by Tanasak Changbunjong, Thekhawet Weluwanarak, Sedthapong Laojun, Tanawat Chaiphongpachara

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Prevalence of Cattle Trypanosomosis and Temporal Vector Distribution in Jima Arjo District, Upper Didessa Valley, Western Ethiopia by Debela Abdeta, Takele Deresa, Geremew Haile

“…Glossina morsitans submorsitans and G. tachnoides were the two dominant species of tsetse flies recorded from the area. The present study indicated that tsetse and non-tsetse fly-borne trypanosomosis is a leading bottle neck for production and health of animals in Jima Arjo districts and similar case was found throughout the country which necessitates a coordinated vector and parasite control in order to alleviate the problem of the disease.…”
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A Lectin from Dioclea violacea Interacts with Midgut Surface of Lutzomyia migonei, Unlike Its Homologues, Cratylia floribunda Lectin and Canavalia gladiata Lectin by Juliana Montezuma Barbosa Monteiro Tínel, Melina Fechine Costa Benevides, Mércia Sindeaux Frutuoso, Camila Farias Rocha, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Mayron Alves Vasconcelos, Francisco Nascimento Pereira-Junior, João Batista Cajazeiras, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Jorge Luiz Martins, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Ricardo Pires dos Santos, Margarida Maria Lima Pompeu

“…Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease transmitted by phlebotomine sand fly. …”
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L’engoulevent ou l’étrangeté porteuse de malheur (Nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…Long-tailed nightjar is renowned for making yet-to-be-born children die, as well as those who come into the world.Various rituals seek to check the series of newborn deaths in one same family. …”
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Climate Change and Environmental Influence on Prevalence of Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Pokot County, Kenya by Bulle Abdullahi, Joshua Mutiso, Fredrick Maloba, John Macharia, Mark Riongoita, Michael Gicheru

“…Kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by Leishmania species transmitted by sand fly. In Kenya, kala-azar is endemic in thirty subcounties spread over in eleven counties in the arid zones. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Load Sharing Performance of Long-Short CFG Pile Composite Foundation Subjected to Rotation of Adjacent Retaining Wall by Bantayehu Uba Uge, Yuancheng Guo, Yunlong Liu

“…The soil movement disturbs the load sharing performance and structural integrity of cement-fly ash-gravel (CFG) pile composite foundations existing in the vicinity, which merits considerable research work. …”
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The Metempiricism of Margins: Professor Anthony Aṣiwaju and the Circumference of Knowledge by Toyin Falola

“…If not, it would not have been possible for a child born without any medical attention and care on bare ground to rise into a nationally and internationally celebrated icon. …”
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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. Our data point to an overall model in which ANKLE2 regulates virus-induced membrane rearrangements to accelerate orthoflavivirus replication and avoid immune detection. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…Nevertheless, Lithuanians had been trying to round representative commands on republican and local levels (incorporating local foreign-born). In the Soviet Union, something similar was maybe succeeded only by Georgians and Armenians. …”
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The infectivity of virus particles from Wolbachia-infected Drosophila by Angelique Asselin, Karyn Johnson

“…Drosophila C virus (DCV; Family Dicistroviridae) and Flock House virus (FHV; Famliy Nodaviridae) were grown in adult D. melanogaster flies with and without Wolbachia strain wMelPop. …”
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