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Uncertainty modelling in knowledge engineering and decision making: proceedings of the 12th international FLINS conference (FLINS 2016) Universiteit Gent
Effect of feeding blood treated with isometamidium chloride to Glossina morsitans morsitans on the flies' subsequent vectorial capacity, and evaluation of an in vitro feeding system for the maintenance of infected tsetse flies Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Comparison of microbiota, antimicrobial resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in flies and the feces of sympatric animals Universiteit Gent
A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama Universiteit Gent
The Darién province in eastern Panama is one of the most unexplored and biodiverse regions in the world. The Chucantà Nature Reserve, in SerranÃa de Majé, consists of a diverse tropical cloud forest ecosystem. The aim of this research was to explore and study host associations of a tripartite system of bats, ectoparasitic flies on bats (Diptera, Streblidae), and ectoparasitic fungi (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) that use bat flies as hosts. We ...
Ecology and infection status of sand flies in rural and urban cutaneous Leishmaniasis endemic areas in Northwest Ethiopia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania aethiopica is transmitted by Phlebotomus longipes in northern Ethiopia. No studies have been conducted to investigate the transmission dynamics of CL, despite its high endemicity in both rural and urban settings. Evidence on the ecology and behavior of the vector from this area are required to develop integrated disease control strategies. Sand flies were collected in the dry and wet seasons in ...
Shifting from wild to domestic hosts: the effect on the transmission of Trypanosoma congolense to tsetse flies Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The epidemiology and impact of animal African trypanosomosis is influenced by the transmissibility and the pathogenicity of the circulating trypanosome strains in a particular biotope. The transmissibility of 22T. congolense strains isolated from domestic and wild animals was evaluated in a total of 1213 flies. Multivariate mixed models were used to compare infection and maturation rates in function of trypanosome origin (domestic or sylvatic) ...
On the fly : tritrophic associations of bats, bat flies, and fungi Universiteit Gent
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied. One particularly unique form of parasitism is hyperparasitism, where a parasite is parasitized itself. Bats (Chiroptera) may be parasitized by bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), obligate blood-sucking parasites, which in turn may be parasitized by ...