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Evaluation of Seasonal Feeding Patterns of West Nile Virus Vectors in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States: Implications for Disease Transmission by Lujan, D. A., Greenberg, J. A., Hung, A. S., Dimenna, M. A., Hofkin, B. V.

“…Many mosquito species take bloodmeals predominantly from either birds or mammals. Other mosquito species are less host-specific and feed readily on both…”
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Impact of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii on Schistosoma haematobium transmission in Kenya by Mkoji, G M, Hofkin, B V, Kuris, A M, Stewart-Oaten, A, Mungai, B N, Kihara, J H, Mungai, F, Yundu, J, Mbui, J, Rashid, J R, Kariuki, C H, Ouma, J H, Koech, D K, Loker, E S

“…The Louisiana red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, which was introduced into east Africa in the 1950s or 1960s, has since widely dispersed. Previous work…”
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Macro-invertebrate predators of freshwater pulmonate snails in Africa, with particular reference to Appasus grassei (Heteroptera) and Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda) by Appleton, CC, Hofkin, BV, Baijnath, A

“…A range of African and alien macro-invertebrates has been reported preying on freshwater pulmonate snails, including those that serve as intermediate hosts for…”
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Control of schistosome-transmitting snails in Kenya by the North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii by Hofkin, B V, Mkoji, G M, Koech, D K, Loker, E S

“…Snail-transmitted trematode parasites such as schistosomes and liver flukes assume considerable medical and veterinary significance in tropical Africa. We have…”
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Predation of aquatic stages of Anopheles gambiae by the Louisiana red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) by Mkoji, G M, Boyce, T G, Mungai, B N, Copeland, R S, Hofkin, B V, Loker, E S

“…Laboratory experiments lasting 1-3 days were conducted in 10-liter glass aquaria to evaluate the ability of the Louisiana red swamp crawfish (Procambarus…”
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Consumption of Biomphalaria glabrata egg masses and juveniles by the ampullariid snails Pila ovata, Lanistes carinatus and Marisa cornuarietis by Hofkin, B V, Stryker, G A, Koech, D K, Loker, E S

“…Lanistes carinatus and Pila ovata from Kenya and Marisa cornuarietis from the Dominican Republic were examined for their ability to consume egg masses and…”
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Ancient DNA gives green light to Galápagos Land Iguana repatriation by Hofkin, Bruce V, Wright, April, Altenbach, Jennifer, Rassmann, Kornelia, Snell, Heidi M, Miller, Robert D, Stone, Anne C, Snell, Howard L

“…Land Iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus,were extirpated from Isla Baltra, GalápagosArchipelago in the 1940s. Historical recordsindicate that some Baltra iguanas…”
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Predation of Biomphalaria and non-target molluscs by the crayfish Procambarus clarkii: implications for the biological control of schistosomiasis by Hofkin, B V, Hofinger, D M, Koech, D K, Loker, E S

“…The North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii was examined under laboratory conditions for its ability to prey on Biomphalaria pfeifferi and B. glabrata,…”
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Evaluation of Seasonal Feeding Patterns of West Nile Virus Vectors in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States: Implications for Disease Transmission by Lujan, DA, Greenberg, JA, Hung, A S, Dimenna, MA, Hofkin, B V

“…Many mosquito species take bloodmeals predominantly from either birds or mammals. Other mosquito species are less host-specific and feed readily on both…”
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Does the snail Melanoides tuberculata have a role in biological control of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and other medically important African pulmonates? by Mkoji, G M, Mungai, B N, Koech, D K, Hofkin, B V, Loker, E S, Kihara, J H, Kageni, F M

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American Society of Parasitologists presents parasites on the Rio Grande by Hofkin, Bruce V

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Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni by DeJong, R J, Morgan, J A, Paraense, W L, Pointier, J P, Amarista, M, Ayeh-Kumi, P F, Babiker, A, Barbosa, C S, Brémond, P, Pedro Canese, A, de Souza, C P, Dominguez, C, File, S, Gutierrez, A, Incani, R N, Kawano, T, Kazibwe, F, Kpikpi, J, Lwambo, N J, Mimpfoundi, R, Njiokou, F, Noël Poda, J, Sene, M, Velásquez, L E, Yong, M, Adema, C M, Hofkin, B V, Mkoji, G M, Loker, E S

“…The wide geographic distribution of Schistosoma mansoni, a digenetic trematode and parasite of humans, is determined by the occurrence of its intermediate…”
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