Drug resistance profile and clonality of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Cape Verde: the 2017 malaria outbreak

Authors: Da Veiga Leal S, Ward D, Campino S, Benavente E, Ibrahim A, Claret T, Isaías V, Monteiro D, Clark TG, Gonçalves L, Valdez T, da Luz Lima Mendonça M, Silveira H, Nogueira F
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: Malaria Journal 20 172
Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03708-z

Background Cape Verde is an archipelago located off the West African coast and is in a pre-elimination phase of malaria control. Since 2010, fewer than 20 Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases have been reported annually, except in 2017, when an outbreak in Praia before the rainy season led to 423 autochthonous cases. It is important to understand the […]
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Anopheles aquasalis transcriptome reveals autophagic responses to Plasmodium vivax midgut invasion

Authors: Santana RAG, Oliveira MC, Cabral I, Junior RCAS, de Sousa DRT, Ferreira L, Lacerda MVG, Monteiro WM, Abrantes P, Guerra MDGVB, Silveira H
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31126324

BACKGROUND: Elimination of malaria depends on mastering transmission and understanding the biological basis of Plasmodium infection in the vector. The first mosquito organ to interact with the parasite is the midgut and its transcriptomic characterization during infection can reveal effective antiplasmodial responses able to limit the survival of the parasite. The vector response to Plasmodium […]
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Anopheline antiplatelet protein from mosquito saliva regulates blood feeding behavior

Authors: Islam A, Emran TB, Yamamoto DS, Iyori M, Amelia F, Yusuf Y, Yamaguchi R, Alam MDS, Silveira H, Yoshida S
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Scientific Reports
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39960-2

The saliva of hematophagous arthropods is enriched with a complex mixture of antihemostatic molecules, the biological functions of which are largely unknown. Anopheline antiplatelet protein (AAPP) from malaria vector mosquito exhibits strong antiplatelet activity when bound directly to host collagen by its C-terminus and through its N-terminus with Ca2+-binding activity. To investigate the biological functions […]
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Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding

Authors: Islam A, Emran TB, Yamamoto DS, Iyori M, Amelia F, Yusuf Y, Yamaguchi R, Alam MDS, Silveira H, Yoshida S
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Scientific Reports
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190510102932.htm

A Japan-based research team led by Kanazawa University used the most up-to-date simulation techniques to determine how to make Researchers led by Kanazawa University developed a transgenic approach to inactivating the mosquito salivary protein AAPP. Transgenic mosquitos showed significantly longer probing and prediuresis times, and worse feeding success and meal sizes compared with their wild-type […]
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Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Authors: Santana RAG, Guerra MGVB, Sousa DR, Couceiro K, Ortiz JV, Oliveira M, Ferreira LS, Souza KR, Tavares IC, Morais RF, Silva GAV, Melo GC, Vergel GM, Albuquerque BC, Arcanjo ARL, Monteiro WM, Ferreira JMBB, Lacerda MVG, Silveira H, Guerra JAO
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Link: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0646_article

In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent. © 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
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Drug resistance profile and clonality of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Cape Verde: the 2017 malaria outbreak

Anopheles aquasalis transcriptome reveals autophagic responses to Plasmodium vivax midgut invasion

Anopheline antiplatelet protein from mosquito saliva regulates blood feeding behavior

Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding

Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

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