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Novel sampling methods for monitoring Anopheles arabiensis from Eritrea

  • Autores: Jacques D Charlwood, Amanuel Kidane Andegiorgish, Yonatan Estifanos Asfaha, Liya Tekle Weldu, Feven Petros, Lidia Legese, Robel Afewerki, Selam Mihreteab, Corey LeClair, Ayubo Kampango
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: PeerJ, vol 9, art e11497
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11497

ABSTRACT ‘Background:’ Studies comparing novel collection methods for host seeking and resting mosquitoes A. arabiensis were undertaken in a village in Eritrea. Techniques included an odor baited trap, a novel tent-trap, human landing collection and three methods of resting collection. A technique for the collection of mosquitoes exiting vegetation is also described. Pre-gravid rates were determined by […]
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‘We like it wet’: A comparison between dissection techniques for the assessment of parity in Anopheles arabiensis and determination of sac stage in mosquitoes alive or dead on collection

  • Autores: Charlwood JD, Tomas EVE, Andegiorgish AK, Mihreteab S, LeClair C
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: PeerJ
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018854

BACKGROUND: The determination of parous rates in mosquitoes, despite numerous shortcomings, remains a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of control programs and to determine vectorial capacity in malaria vectors. Two dissection techniques are used for this. For one, the tracheoles of dried ovaries are examined with a compound microscope and in the other the follicular […]
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Some like it hot: A differential response to changing temperatures by the malaria vectors Anopheles funestus and An. gambiae s.l.

  • Autores: Charlwood JD
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: PeerJ
  • Link: https://peerj.com/articles/3099/%20

Background. With the possible implications of global warming, the effect of temperature on the dynamics of malaria vectors in Africa has become a subject of increasing interest. Information from the field is, however, relatively sparse. We describe the effect of ambient temperature over a five-year period on the dynamics of An. funestus and An. gambiae […]
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Mode of action of the 2-phenylquinoline efflux inhibitor PQQ4R against Escherichia coli

  • Autores: Cannalire R, Costa SS, Couto I, Fernandes L, Machado D, Manfroni G, Sabatini S, Tabarrini O, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: PeerJ
  • Link: https://peerj.com/articles/3168/%20

Efflux pump inhibitors are of great interest since their use as adjuvants of bacterial chemotherapy can increase the intracellular concentrations of the antibiotics and assist in the battle against the rising of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In this work, we have described the mode of action of the 2-phenylquinoline efflux inhibitor (4-(2-(piperazin-1-yl)ethoxy)-2-(4-propoxyphenyl) quinolone – PQQ4R), against Escherichia coli, by studding […]
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The Furvela tent-trap Mk 1.1 for the collection of outdoor biting mosquitoes

  • Autores: Charlwood JD, Clair CL, Protopopoff N, Rowland M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: PeerJ
  • Link: https://peerj.com/articles/3848/%20

Outdoor transmission of malaria and other vector borne diseases remains a problem. The WHO has recently recognized the need for suitable methods for assessing vector density outdoors and a number of tent-traps have been developed. Only one such trap, the Furvela tent-trap, does not require an ‘entry’ behavior on the part of the mosquito. It […]
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