Infectious diseases are caused by a pathogenic microorganism (virus, bacterium, parasite or fungus) and have a significant impact on public and animal health. In public health, they are one of the leading causes of death and are priorities in the poorest countries. In animal health, they can be devastating and radical measures are taken to prevent ...
Background: In this laboratory study we measured the trophic performances of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae (Diptera: Culicidae), both being vectors of the dengue fever, chikungunya and zika virus in the world. Methods: Depending on the quantities of plant material contained in the breeding sites, the bioassays enabled to assess the time...
Affine forms are a common way to represent convex sets of R using a base of error terms ϵ∈[−1,1]^m. Quadratic forms are an extension of affine forms enabling the use of quadratic error terms ϵiϵj.In static analysis, the zonotope domain, a relational abstract domain based on affine forms has been used in a wide range of settings, e.g. set-based simu...
Se ha examinado el tipo de organización y el grado de estructuración genética de Triatoma infestans, principal vector de la enfermedad de Chagas, a una escala micro-geográfica, con el fin de poder delimitar unidades de rociado (U.R.) como alternativas al rociado general de una comunidad. En la comunidad de La Brecha (Departamento de Santa Cruz, Pro...
Background: Southwestern Uganda has high malaria heterogeneity despite moderate vector control and other interventions. Moreover, the early biting transmission and increased resistance to insecticides might compromise strategies relying on vector control. Consequently, monitoring of vector behaviour and insecticide efficacy is needed to assess the ...
Transmission of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) to humans is initiated by puncture of the skin by a blood-feeding Aedes mosquito. Despite the growing knowledge accumulated on CHIKV, the interplay between skin cells and CHIKV following inoculation still remains unclear. In this study we questioned the behavior of human keratinocytes, the predominant cell ...
Transmission of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) to humans is initiated by puncture of the skin by a blood-feeding Aedes mosquito. Despite the growing knowledge accumulated on CHIKV, the interplay between skin cells and CHIKV following inoculation still remains unclear. In this study we questioned the behavior of human keratinocytes, the predominant cell ...
