Search Results - "Onyango, Maria G"
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Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in northern Uganda
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2019)“…Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are vectors of parasitic trypanosomes, which cause human (HAT) and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) in sub-Saharan Africa. In…”
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Zika virus and temperature modulate Elizabethkingia anophelis in Aedes albopictus
Published in Parasites & vectors (12-11-2021)“…Vector-borne pathogens must survive and replicate in the hostile environment of an insect's midgut before successful dissemination. Midgut microbiota interfere…”
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Aedes albopictus saliva contains a richer microbial community than the midgut
Published in Parasites & vectors (25-06-2024)“…Past findings demonstrate that arthropods can egest midgut microbiota into the host skin leading to dual colonization of the vertebrate host with pathogens and…”
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Zika Virus Infection Results in Biochemical Changes Associated With RNA Editing, Inflammatory and Antiviral Responses in Aedes albopictus
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (02-10-2020)“…Rapid and significant range expansion of both the Zika virus (ZIKV) and its vector species has resulted in the declaration of ZIKV as a global health threat…”
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Corrigendum: Zika Virus Infection Results in Biochemical Changes Associated With RNA Editing, Inflammatory and Antiviral Responses in Aedes albopictus
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (15-01-2021)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.559035.]…”
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Delineation of the population genetic structure of Culicoides imicola in East and South Africa
Published in Parasites & vectors (24-12-2015)“…Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913 is the main vector of bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the…”
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Assessment of population genetic structure in the arbovirus vector midge, Culicoides brevitarsis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), using multi-locus DNA microsatellites
Published in Veterinary research (Paris) (25-09-2015)“…Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a major pathogen of ruminants that is transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides spp.). Australian BTV serotypes have origins in Asia…”
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Genotyping of whole genome amplified reduced representation libraries reveals a cryptic population of Culicoides brevitarsis in the Northern Territory, Australia
Published in BMC genomics (30-09-2016)“…The advent of genotyping by Next Generation Sequencing has enabled rapid discovery of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and high…”
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Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2019)“…Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are vectors of parasitic trypanosomes, which cause human (HAT) and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) in sub-Saharan Africa. In…”
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