Harvard scientists tell a ‘hot’ story about beetles and plant sex
Flowers are often described as visual advertisements, using bright colors and strong scents to draw in insects. Yet…
Eschweilenol C and subfractions from Terminalia plants disrupt haemoglobin metabolism, inhibiting Plasmodium falciparum growth at rings and trophozoite stages | Malaria Journal
Maintenance of P. falciparum asexual-blood stages and induction of gametocytogenesis Plasmodium falciparum strains 3D7, NF54-E (MRA-1000), Dd2, and…
Mutation in the knockdown resistance gene and population genetic structure in Culex tritaeniorhynchus from Guizhou Province | Parasites & Vectors
Insecticide resistance reflects adaptive evolutionary dynamics, where selective pressure favors the survival and proliferation of resistant genotypes, where…
A reason to celebrate in a time of uncertainty. Response to: Linblade et al. “Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid diagnostic test results in four African countries—methods and key results” | Malaria Journal
A reason to celebrate in a time of uncertainty. Response to: Linblade et al. “Assessing the accuracy of…
Detection of invasive Aedes vittatus mosquitoes in Jamaica: molecular identification and surveillance implications | Parasites & Vectors
Manguin S, Boëte C. Global Impact of Mosquito Biodiversity, Human Vector-Borne Diseas and Environmental Change [Internet]. The Importance…
Evolutionary trends in the vertebral morphology of extant Delphinidae | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Disentangling the processes that drive the evolution of complex biological structures is a major aim of evolutionary biology.…
The 24, 2 hours initiative: a game changer in malaria mortality reduction | Malaria Journal
The Global Technical Strategy for Malaria calls for at least a 75% reduction by 2025 compared with 2015…
Cyclophilins as key players in protozoan parasite infections | Parasites & Vectors
Barik S. Immunophilins: for the love of proteins. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2006;63:2889–900. CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google…
Mosquitoes and the city: effects of urbanization on Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens captures in southern Spain | Parasites & Vectors
Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M. 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species. A…
Malaria healthcare service utilization before, during, and 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 sub-Saharan African countries using Generalized Estimating Equation | Malaria Journal
Study design and data source Longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data drawn from two survey datasets: ‘Premise…
Timing is everything: a simple chemical method to determine the bioavailable surface concentration of insecticide for insecticide-treated net evaluation | Malaria Journal
All tests were conducted at Biolytrics Vietnam between September 2018 and June 2020. Five experiments were performed. (1)…
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Of the pectoral musculature, we have selected the five muscles (i.e., mm. deltoideus scapularis/major, pectoralis, supracoracoideus, coracobrachialis brevis…