Parasite transmission by insects: a female affair?
Otranto, Domenico, Stevens, Jamie R., Cantacessi, Cinzia, and Gasser, Robin B. (2008) Parasite transmission by insects: a female affair? Trends in Parasitology, 24 (3). pp. 116-120.
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Abstract
Understanding the relationship between the gender of insects and their ability to act as vectors of insect-borne diseases (IBDs) could provide clues as to the origin of the intimate interplay among insect, pathogen and vertebrate hosts. The vector activity of several species of blood-feeding insects is linked to adult females. Interestingly, the only known exception is the transmission of canine and human thelaziosis by a male dipteran fly. This biological difference raises the question as to whether the parasitic behaviour of male and female insects transmitting IBDs is an expression of a co-evolution of vectors and pathogens.
| Item ID: | 26566 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1471-5007 |
| Keywords: | vector borne diseases; host-parasite interactions; parasitic nematodes |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2013 06:33 |
| FoR Codes: | 07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0707 Veterinary Sciences > 070708 Veterinary Parasitology @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology > 060307 Host-Parasite Interactions @ 40% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1108 Medical Microbiology > 110803 Medical Parasitology @ 10% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences @ 20% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 80% |
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