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Malaria rapid diagnostic tests reliably detect asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in school-aged children that are infectious to mosquitoes
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic malaria infections (Plasmodium falciparum) are common in school-aged children and represent a disease transmission reservoir as they are …
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Investigating potential sand fly vectors after the first reported outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by species of the genus Leishmania, which are transmitted through the bite of …
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Screening of natural Wolbachia infection in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cape Verde islands
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia pipientis is an endosymbiont bacterium that induces cytoplasmic incompatibility and inhibits arboviral replication in mosquitoes. This study aimed …
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Association of 410L, 1016I and 1534C kdr mutations with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and development of a one-step multiplex PCR method for the simultaneous detection of 1534C and 1016I kdr mutations
BACKGROUND: Since 2000, Burkina Faso has experienced regular dengue cases and outbreaks, making dengue an increasingly important health concern for …
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A duplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR assay to discriminate three species of the Schistosoma haematobium group: Schistosoma curassoni, S. bovis, S. haematobium and their hybrids
BACKGROUND: The use of applications involving single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has greatly increased since the beginning of the 2000s, with …
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Insecticide resistance status of Aedes aegypti in southern and northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of Aedes-borne arboviral diseases are becoming rampant in Africa. In Ghana, there is no organized arboviral control programme …
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Burden of mosquito-borne diseases across rural versus urban areas in Cameroon between 2002 and 2021: prospective for community-oriented vector management approaches
BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, Cameroon has recorded one of the highest rates of urban population growth in sub-Saharan …
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Vector competence of sterile male Glossina fuscipes fuscipes for Trypanosoma brucei brucei: implications for the implementation of the sterile insect technique in a sleeping sickness focus in Chad
BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense transmitted by tsetse flies in …
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The interplay between malaria vectors and human activity accounts for high residual malaria transmission in a Burkina Faso village with universal ITN coverage
BACKGROUND: Mosquito and human behaviour interaction is a key determinant of the maximum level of protection against malaria that can …
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Tick-borne pathogens and body condition of cattle in smallholder rural livestock production systems in East and West Africa
BACKGROUND: The majority of the African population lives in rural areas where they heavily depend on crop and livestock production …
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Human landing catches provide a useful measure of protective efficacy for the evaluation of volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents
BACKGROUND: The human landing catch (HLC) method, in which human volunteers collect mosquitoes that land on them before they can …
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Global prevalence and species diversity of tick-borne pathogens in buffaloes worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Buffaloes are important contributors to the livestock economy in many countries, particularly in Asia, and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) commonly …
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Semi-field evaluation of the space spray efficacy of Fludora Co-Max EW against wild insecticide-resistant Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito populations from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Space spraying of insecticides is still an important means of controlling Aedes and Culex mosquitoes and arboviral diseases. This …
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First record of monogenean fish parasites in the Upper Lufira River Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo): dactylogyrids and gyrodactylids infesting Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
BACKGROUND: Monogenean parasites have never been formally reported on fishes from the Lufira River Basin. In this context, we decided …
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PpSP32, the Phlebotomus papatasi immunodominant salivary protein, exerts immunomodulatory effects on human monocytes, macrophages, and lymphocytes
BACKGROUND: The saliva of sand flies, vectors of Leishmania parasites, contains several components that exert pharmacological activity facilitating the acquisition …
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Vectorial capacity and TEP1 genotypes of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato mosquitoes on the Kenyan coast
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for approximately 228 million cases and …
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Seasonal variation in abundance and blood meal sources of primary and secondary malaria vectors within Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Existing control tools have significantly reduced malaria over the past two decades. However, progress has been stalled due to …
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Precision and geographical prevalence mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-aged children in selected districts of north-western Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The identification and mapping of at-risk populations at a lower administrative level than the district are prerequisites for the …
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The national atlas of tsetse flies and African animal trypanosomosis in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: With the largest cattle population in Africa and vast swathes of fertile lands infested by tsetse flies, trypanosomosis is …
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Impact of physicochemical parameters of Aedes aegypti breeding habitats on mosquito productivity and the size of emerged adult mosquitoes in Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of dengue fever caused by viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are repeated occurrences in West Africa. In …