Detection of Rickettsia conorii israelensis DNA in the Blood of a Cat and a Dog From Southern Portugal

Authors: Maia C, Cristóvão JM, Pereira A, Parreira R, Campino L
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Topics in Companion Animal Medicine
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1938973619300248

Vector-borne rickettsioses represent emerging threats to public health worldwide. The aim of this work was the screening for the presence of Rickettsia spp. in the blood of dogs and cats from southern Portugal. A PCR product of the expected size was amplified from DNA extracts obtained from blood samples of 29 out of 225 (12.9%) cats and […]
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Origin and expansion of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Madeira Island (Portugal)

Authors: Seixas G, Salgueiro P, Bronzato-Badial A, Gonçalves Y, Reyes-Lugo M, Viveiros B, Gordicho V, Ribolla P, Silva AC, Pinto J, Sousa CA
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Scientific Reports
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38373-x

Historically known as the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti invaded Madeira Island in 2005 and was the vector of the island’s first dengue outbreak in 2012. We have studied genetic variation at 16 microsatellites and two mitochondrial DNA genes in temporal samples of Madeira Island, in order to assess the origin of the invasion and the population […]
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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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Factors associated with self-reported non-completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series in men who have sex with men in Brazil

Authors: Queiroz AAFLN, Sousa AFL, Matos MCB, Araújo TME, Brignol S, Reis RK, Gir E, Moura MEB
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases
Link: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-3970-y

Background The objective of the present study was to analyze the factors associated with non-completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series among men who have sex with men and use geosocial dating apps in Brazil. Methods This was a cross-sectional, population survey-based, analytical study, conducted exclusively online in all the regions of Brazil, with a […]
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Detection of Rickettsia conorii israelensis DNA in the Blood of a Cat and a Dog From Southern Portugal

Origin and expansion of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Madeira Island (Portugal)

Anopheline antiplatelet protein from mosquito saliva regulates blood feeding behavior

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

Factors associated with self-reported non-completion of the hepatitis B vaccine series in men who have sex with men in Brazil

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