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Enzyme polymorphisms in the Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) complex related to feeding and resting behavior in the Imbo valley, Burundi Institute of Tropical Medicine
A cellulose acetate electrophoresis system was used to study the Anopheles gambiae complex at 2 villages in Central Imbo Valley and at 1 village in South Imbo Valley (Burundi). In South Imbo, only An. gambiae Giles sensu stricto was present. In the drier Central Imbo, the dominant species was An. arabiensis Patton (97.5%); An. gambiae s.s. represented only 2.5%. Both species were separated readily by Odh and Mpi, because they did not share ...
Trypanosoma brucei modifies the Tsetse salivary composition, altering the fly feeding behavior that favors parasite transmission. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tsetse flies are the notorious transmitters of African trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the Trypanosoma parasite that affects humans and livestock on the African continent. Metacyclic infection rates in natural tsetse populations with Trypanosoma brucei, including the two human-pathogenic subspecies, are very low, even in epidemic situations. Therefore, the infected fly/host contact frequency is a key determinant of the transmission ...
Trypanosoma brucei modifies the tsetse salivary composition, altering the fly feeding behavior that favors parasite transmission Institute of Tropical Medicine
Tsetse flies are the notorious transmitters of African trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the Trypanosoma parasite that affects humans and livestock on the African continent. Metacyclic infection rates in natural tsetse populations with Trypanosoma brucei, including the two human-pathogenic subspecies, are very low, even in epidemic situations. Therefore, the infected fly/host contact frequency is a key determinant of the transmission ...
CCHamide2-receptor regulates feeding behavior in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Ghent University
Neuropeptide CCHamide-2 is a recently discovered peptide presents in many arthropods and it is the ligand of the CCHamide-2 receptor (CCHa2-R), which is playing a regulatory role in diverse physiological processes, such as feeding, insulin production, lipid metabolism, growth and reproduction, however, the function of this gene in aphids is still unknown. Here, we characterized and determined the presumed role of CCHa2-R signaling in the ...
Concordance of poor child feeding and preventive behavior and its predictors in southwest rural Ethiopia Ghent University
Determination of a quantitative relationship between material properties, process settings and screw feeding behavior via multivariate data-analysis Ghent University
In this study, a quantitative relationship between material properties, process settings and screw feeding responses of a high-throughput feeder was established via multivariate models (PLS). Thirteen divergent powders were selected and characterized for 44 material property descriptors. During volumetric feeder trials, the maximum feed capacity (FCCmax), the relative standard deviation on the maximum feed capacity (RSDFCmax), the short term ...
Diet and feeding behavior of Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Callitrichidae) in degraded areas of the Atlantic Forest of South-Bahia, Brazil. Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Habitat disturbance alters plant diversity and food resource availability, affecting the ecology, and ultimately the survival and reproduction, of species depending on those plants. Studies in degraded areas serve to improve our understanding of the consequences of habitat modification for endangered species and to guide conservation actions. We studied diet composition, monthly variation in feeding behavior and fruit feeding time, and dietary ...