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Avian Haemosporidian (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) Status in Two Bird Groups (Old-World Flycatchers and Thrushes) of India and Their Phylogenetic Relationships with Other Lineages of the World
Avian haemosporidian may affect the host from body damage to the extinction of a population. Knowledge of their status may help in future avifauna conservation plans. Hence, their status in two bird groups of ...
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Open AccessA testis-expressing heme peroxidase HPX12 regulates male fertility in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi
In vertebrates dysregulation of the antioxidant defense system has a detrimental impact on male fertility and reproductive physiology. However, in insects, especially mosquitoes the importance of sperm quality...
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Open AccessElevated serum matrix metalloprotease (MMP-2) as a candidate biomarker for stable COPD
The increasing trend of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in becoming the third leading cause of deaths by 2020 is of great concern, globally as well as in India. Dysregulation of protease/anti-prot...
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Correction to: Current scenario and future strategies to fight artemisinin resistance
Author Atul Yadav would like to present his name as Atul only to be the same with his previous publications. The original article has been corrected.
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Current scenario and future strategies to fight artemisinin resistance
Despite several setbacks in the fight against malaria such as insecticide and drug resistance as well as low efficacy of available vaccines, considerable success in reducing malaria burden has been achieved in...
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Open AccessEstablishment and application of a novel isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of chloroquine resistance (K76T) in Plasmodium falciparum
Chloroquine (CQ) resistance in Plasmodium falciparum is determined by the mutations in the chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt) gene. The point mutation at codon 76 (K76T), which has been observed in more t...
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Open AccessSalivary glands harbor more diverse microbial communities than gut in Anopheles culicifacies
In recent years, it has been well documented that gut flora not only influence mosquito physiology, but also significantly alter vector competency. Although, salivary gland and gut constitute key partners of t...
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Transcriptome analysis of Anopheles stephensi embryo using expressed sequence tags
Germ band retraction (GBR) stage is one of the important stages during insect development. It is associated with an extensive epithelial morphogenesis and may also be pivotal in generation of morphological div...
