HOST-SEEKING
Microhabitat choice and host-seeking behaviour of the tuatara tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti (Acari: Ixodidae)
... within host refuges. Ticks were also attracted to host scents, which would be strongest in their refuge ...use host scents to locate a refuge near to where they detached outside a ...‘sit-and-wait’ ...
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Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host seeking on humans and primates
... 1b). Host- seeking mosquitoes were therefore free to enter the net via the opening but were prevented from feeding by the cage’s internal mesh, which protected macaques from mosquito ...
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Borrelia Species in Host Seeking Ticks and Small Mammals in Northern Florida
... Based on amplification and analysis of flagellin and p66 gene fragments, the predominant strains of B. burgdorferi sensu lato identified in this study in Florida are B. burgdorferi sensu stricto. However, they may be ...
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Effects of Bed Nets on Host Seeking Behaviour of African Malaria Vectors
... of host seeking mosquitoes (malERA Consultative Group on Vector Control, ...a host (Takken & Knols, 1999; Cardé & Gibson, 2010), and have been shown capable of detecting a bait from distances ...
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Host seeking activity of a Tanzanian population of Anopheles arabiensis at an insecticide treated bed net
... A number of test methods have been used to investi- gate the behaviour of Anopheles sp. when host seeking at LLINs. Baited WHO tunnel tests have been in use for some years to test effects of insecticide on ...
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Behavioural and physiological state dependency of host seeking in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus
... potential host and, then, to begin taking a blood meal from it. Indeed, host seeking constitutes a main activity in the life of haematophagous insects, as indicated by the high portion of their ...
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The interaction between permethrin exposure and malaria infection affects the host seeking behaviour of mosquitoes
... the host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes by impeding them to blood feed for almost 48 h, confirm- ing the results of previous studies [22, ...mosquito’s host-seeking behaviour might reduce the ...
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Effect of land-use changes on the abundance, distribution, and host-seeking behavior of Aedes arbovirus vectors in oil palm-dominated landscapes, southeastern Côte d’Ivoire
... The expansion of tropical oil palm (Elaesis guineensis) plantations is a major driver of defor- estation and threatens biodiversity, including arthropods [5, 6]. Wild palm trees have a life- span of up to 200 years, and ...
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The role of proboscis of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi in host seeking behavior
... selected host-seeking behavior was drastically reduced before gradual recovery upon chemi- cal withdrawal (Figure 6M and 6N) (Figure 6O: AITC (+) ...the host to the che- mosensory neurons following ...
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Studies on host-seeking, resting behaviour and control of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.
... The oocyte-induced behavioural inhibition mechanism is initiated from the start of the process of egg maturation inside the female mosquitoes until after oviposition. The development of eggs occurs between 25 and 30 ...
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Temperature-dependent changes in the host-seeking behaviors of parasitic nematodes
... carpocapsae, a species classically categorized as an ambusher [32]. We first examined the motility of 2- to 3-week-old IJs that were either cultured at 25 °C, or cultured at 25 °C and temperature-swapped to 15 °C ...
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Virus interferes with host seeking behaviour of mosquito
... in host- seeking response may be found in the mosquito ’ s immune ...the host-seeking response could also be induced by stimulation with heat-killed bacteria (Cator et ...s ...
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Host seeking efficiency can explain population dynamics of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans in response to host density decline
... Host-seeking efficiency can explain population dynamics of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans in response to host density decline.. Lord J..[r] ...
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Chicken volatiles repel host seeking malaria mosquitoes
... the host-seeking behaviour of ...certain host species, this is the first to implicate non-host volatiles in the differen- tial host attractiveness to ...the host selection ...
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Modeling host seeking behavior of African malaria vector mosquitoes in the presence of long lasting insecticidal nets
... the host odor at one location, then changes location and re- peats the sampling, using its memory of the concentration to chose the next position ...the host, and the e ff ects of the nets and impregnated ...
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Barrier screens: a method to sample blood fed and host seeking exophilic mosquitoes
... A 32 m long barrier screen of polyvinylchloride-coated polyester shade cloth was constructed (Figure 1A,B) and evaluated in Sukaraja village in the Lampung District (Rajabasa subdistrict) of southern Sumatra in western ...
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Barrier screens: a method to sample blood-fed and host-seeking exophilic mosquitoes
... the host and sites for resting might be sufficient to provide a temporary rest stop for the ...mosquitoes seeking a resting site to develop their eggs, as well as recently emerged mos- quitoes that have ...
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Impact of elevated CO2 background levels on the host seeking behaviour of Aedes aegypti
... Physiological activity was analysed AUTOSPIKE, Syntech as the number of spikes during interstimulus interval 1 s subtracted from the number of spikes during the stimulus response 1 s, re[r] ...
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Host Seeking and the Genomic Architecture of Parasitism among Entomopathogenic Nematodes
... the host-range and specificity of insects they can infect is diverse and ...broad host range, ...narrower host range and seems to be a cricket specialist [107, ...EPNs’ host-range and the ...
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Evaluation of a protocol for remote identification of mosquito vector species reveals BG Sentinel trap as an efficient tool for Anopheles gambiae outdoor collection in Burkina Faso
... collecting host-seeking Dengue vectors - also for collecting host- seeking ...of host-seeking malaria vectors have been traditionally carried out by human landing catches which ...
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