Articles
Volume 2 (2009) - December 2009
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Short report
Aural myiasis in a neonate in peninsular Malaysia Nazni Ahmad, Anuar Ismail, John Jeffery, Sa'diyah Ibrahim, Azahari Hadi, Mohd Ibrahim, Heo Chin, Lee Lim Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2:63 (15 December 2009) A case of neonatal aural myiasis in a two day-old infant is reported. Image: Spiracles of a second-stage larva showing two slits and incomplete peritreme directed away from opening.
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Research
Mauricio RV Sant'Anna, Hector Diaz-Albiter, Murad Mubaraki, Rod J Dillon, Paul A Bates Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2:62 (9 December 2009) Leishmania infection down-regulates blood meal-inducible trypsin expression by sand flies and knockdown of trypsin expression using RNAi increases parasite survival in the early blood meal phase of development. Image: Lutzomyia longipalpis taking a blood meal (courtesy Ray Wilson).
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Distribution, host preference and infection rates of malaria vectors in Mauritania Ibrahima Dia, Hampate Ba, Sid Mohamed, Diawo Diallo, Baidy Lo, Mawlouth Diallo Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2:61 (4 December 2009) Information on malaria vectors is lacking in Mauritania where malaria is one of the main reasons for outpatients' consultation. This study reports on the distribution, host preferences and infection rates of three malaria vectors found from the Senegal River basin to the southern limit of the Saharan desert in Mauritania. Image: Rice irrigation scheme along the Senegal River in southern Mauritania.
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Research
A zoonotic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wossenseged Lemma, Girume Erenso, Endalamaw Gadisa, Meshesha Balkew, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Asrat Hailu Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2:60 (2 December 2009) Bulbula-Akaki river gorge traverses Addis Ababa city from the center towards the Saris, Kality and Akaki areas in the south east. The vectors (sandfly) and reservoir host (hyraxes) maintained the zoonotic transmission cycle of CL in the gorge. Recently due to expansion of the city, people began to settle around the gorge where the existence of an active transmission is shown. Image: Active CL lesion.
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Short report
Ladslaus L Mnyone, Tanya L Russell, Issa N Lyimo, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Matthew J Kirby, Christian Luz Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2:59 (1 December 2009) We tested whether the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae isolate IP 46 can reduce survival of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis. The isolate has potential as a bio-control agent for African malaria vectors. Image:
A mosquito infected with the entomopathogenic fungus,
M. anisopliae
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