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Zoonotic malaria transmission and land use change in Southeast Asia: what is known about the vectors
Zoonotic Plasmodium infections in humans in many Southeast Asian countries have been increasing, including in countries approaching elimination of...
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Ectoparasite load of small mammals in the Serengeti Ecosystem: effects of land use, season, host species, age, sex and breeding status
Ectoparasite load in small mammals can be influenced by both environmental conditions and host species characteristics. However, the nature of these...
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Oviposition of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) and associated native species in relation to season, temperature and land use in western Germany
BackgroundAedes japonicus japonicus , first detected in Europe in 2000 and considered established in Germany 10 years later, is of medical importance...
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Configuration and composition of human-dominated tropical landscapes affect the prevalence and average intensity of mite and fly infestation in Phyllostomidae bats
The conversion of natural areas into agricultural landscapes results in different mosaics of land use types, modifying biodiversity and consequently...
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Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution
Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary...
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The impact of environmental factors on human echinococcosis epidemics: spatial modelling and risk prediction
BackgroundHuman echinococcosis is affected by natural environmental factors, and its prevalence shows a distinct geographical distribution. Western...
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Genoty** of Anopheles mosquito blood meals reveals nonrandom human host selection: implications for human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission
BackgroundControl of malaria parasite transmission can be enhanced by understanding which human demographic groups serve as the infectious...
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Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) found only in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted by tsetse...
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Integrating statistical and mechanistic approaches with biotic and environmental variables improves model predictions of the impact of climate and land-use changes on future mosquito-vector abundance, diversity and distributions in Australia
Changes to Australia’s climate and land-use patterns could result in expanded spatial and temporal distributions of endemic mosquito...
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Neural representation of human experimenters in the bat hippocampus
Here we conducted wireless electrophysiological recording of hippocampal neurons from Egyptian fruit bats in the presence of human experimenters. In...
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The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) and a vision for Ecogenomics: the Ecological Genome Project
BackgroundThe following outlines ethical reasons for widening the Human Genome Organisation’s (HUGO) mandate to include ecological genomics.
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Effects of seasonality and land use on the diversity, relative abundance, and distribution of mosquitoes on St. Kitts, West Indies
BackgroundMosquito surveys that collect local data on mosquito species’ abundances provide baseline data to help understand potential...
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A semi-field evaluation in Thailand of the use of human landing catches (HLC) versus human-baited double net trap (HDN) for assessing the impact of a volatile pyrethroid spatial repellent and pyrethroid-treated clothing on Anopheles minimus landing
BackgroundThe mosquito landing rate measured by human landing catches (HLC) is the conventional endpoint used to evaluate the impact of vector...
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Environmental and Human Health Problems Associated with Hospital Wastewater Management in Zimbabwe
Purpose of the ReviewWastewater is a term used to describe water that has undergone degradation in quality owing to anthropogenic activities or...
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Mitochondrial DNA Analysis in Population Isolates: Challenges and Implications for Human Identification
Purpose of ReviewMitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) plays an essential role in forensic science, aiding in human identification especially when dealing with...
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: The Smoldering Scourge of Africa
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or slee** sickness is a parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes, which are transmitted by tsetse flies. Two...
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: The Smoldering Scourge of Africa
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or slee** sickness is a parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes, which are transmitted by tsetse flies. Two...
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Human behaviour directs household-level exposure to malaria vectors in Bandarban, Bangladesh
BackgroundBangladesh has reduced malaria incidence and mortality by over 75% between 2010 and 2020. Widespread long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN)...
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Morphological Features of Human Dendritic Spines
Dendritic spine features in human neurons follow the up-to-date knowledge presented in the previous chapters of this book. Human dendrites are...
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Microorganisms-Derived Biochemicals: Potential Drugs for Human Parasitic Diseases
Infectious parasites cause a large number of human diseases which is one of the chief global problem. Parasitic infections result in many mortalities...