Blood meals
Molecular detection of Leishmania DNA and identification of blood meals in wild caught phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from southern Portugal
... Between May to October from 2011 to 2013, CDC light traps and sticky oil papers were set up in 11 sampling points during three consecutive days per month. Col- lection places included domestic, peri-domestic and sylvatic ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.27 número1
... ’s blood had ...the blood m ...ice’s blood and treated w ith benznidazole had also elim inated their infections; their m ortality rates however, reached ...have blood meals from birds ...
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Population Dynamics and Feeding Behavior of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata, Main Vectors of Chagas Disease in Northeastern Brazil
... first blood meal, they were then offered a weekly ...of blood meals required by each instar, the development time, the net repro- ductive rate (Ro) and the instantaneous daily re- productive rate ...
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José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra+ , Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, Edgar Paredes-González, Miguel Alejandro Martínez-Silva, Miriam Solorio-Cibrián, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Francisco Trujillo-Contreras, Mónica Novelo-López
... Mean number of blood meals for molting did not differ significantly (p > 0.05) among the three species (Table III). Mortality rates were considerably lower (p > 0.05) for T. gerstaeckeri than for the ...
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The biology of three Mexican-American species of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Triatoma recurva, Triatoma protracta and Triatoma rubida
... of blood meals between moults, mor- tality, time lapse before the beginning of feeding, feeding time and defecation delay for each instar of three Mexican- American species of Triatominae, Triatoma recurva, ...
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Biology of Triatoma carcavalloi Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998 under laboratory conditions
... However, differences in the experimental conditions used by the various authors must be considered. We also must consider that these species live in distinct habitats and exhibit different feeding habits. Females of T. ...
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Factory tsetse flies must behave like wild flies: a prerequisite for the sterile insect technique.
... of blood meals in their digestive tract, (2) a mean lifespan in nature of 11– 17 days [9], which was similar to captured, marked, and released wild males [11], and (3) released sterile male tsetse that ...
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BIOTIN-AVIDIN SANDWICH ELISA WITH SPECIFIC HUMAN ISOTYPES IgG1 AND IgG4 FOR Culicidae MOSQUITO BLOOD MEAL IDENTIFICATION FROM AN EPIZOOTIC YELLOW FEVER AREA IN BRAZIL Marassá AM (1), Paula MB (2), Gomes AC (2), Consales CA (3)
... mosquito blood meals; and our results indicated that only anti-human IgG1 was effective in recognizing blood meals of human ...of blood consumed by mosquitoes – ascertained as being ...
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siRNA-Mediated Silencing of doublesex during Female Development of the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti.
... Most animal species display sexually dimorphic behaviors, the majority of which are linked to sexual reproduction [1]. Disease vector mosquitoes are excellent subjects for studies that explore the biological basis of ...
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Enhanced transmission of drug-resistant parasites to mosquitoes following drug treatment in rodent malaria.
... Immediately post-blood feed, two fully engorged mosquitoes were removed from each pot, anaesthetised with chloroform and placed individually into 1.5 ml microfuge tubes containing 500 m l of RNAlater TM (Qiagen), ...
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Acute effects of traditional Japanese alcohol beverages on blood glucose and polysomnography levels in healthy subjects
... their levels increase during fasting, stress, and prolonged exercise (Laffel, 1999). Alcohol diminishes hepatic gluconeogenesis and leads to decreased insulin secretion, increased lipolysis, impaired fatty acid ...
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Blood transfusion services
... The approach suggested to Member Countries of the Organization is to accept the requirement for effective blood transfusion services within the context of health for all by the year 2000[r] ...
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MEALS FOR TWO: FORAGING ACTIVITY OF THE BUTTERFLYFISH Chaetodon striatus (PERCIFORMES) IN SOUTHEAST BRAZIL
... 1 — Number of expected and observed bites by Chaetodon striatus on three feeding substrate types in São Sebastião island, São Paulo, southeast Brazil.. Fig.[r] ...
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Nutrient digestibility in Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) fed diets containing animal meals
... animal meals, extracted meals and fat, were mixed with water prior to ...in meals undergoes denaturation during heat treatment, which reduces ...
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Blood auto-transfusion of previous pré-collection of blood.
... of blood. The reinfusion uses the patient’s own blood spurted either from the patient’s previous hemorrhage or during the ...patient’s blood tajen before surgery and it consists two basic modalities: ...
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Thermal stability of amino acids in meals and feeds used in shrimp farming
... Observing the total degradation meansof each meal it can be seen that all feeds evaluated also showed high percentages of degradation. Therefore, the nature of the raw material (animal or vegetable), lack of stability ...
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DISTRIBUTION OF ABO AND RH-D BLOOD GROUPS IN THE CACHAR DISTRICT OF BARAK VALLEY OF ASSAM: IMPLICATION FOR REGIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
... been reported from Cachar district of Barak valley of Assam. The present study revealed that blood Group O was the most prevalent at 37.60% followed by B at 32.0%, A at 24.80% and AB at 5.60%. This observation is ...
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Quantitation of 5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid in Dried Blood Spots and Dried Plasma Spots by Stable Isotope Dilution Assays.
... nmol/L spot) by pipetting 30 μL of an 857 nmol/L aqueous solution on the pre-imprinted cir- cles along with 50 μl of whole blood surrogate (see below). After 2 h of drying, three spots were punched out entirely ...
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Temporal distribution of blood donations in three Brazilian blood centers and its repercussion on the blood supply
... by blood center were examined for speciic decreases and increases during holiday and campaign weeks and compared to other ...on blood donations at each blood center by type of week (holiday or ...
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Evaluation of gastric emptying by means of scintigra-phy using different test meals
... Gastroparesis is a disorder characterized by symptoms and evidence of delayed gastric emptying (GE) in the absence of mechanical obstruction. Scintigraphy has been considered a "gold standard" for measuring ...
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