The house fly is often considered merely a nuisance. But these flies are capable of transmitting animal and human pathogens that can lead to foodborne diseases, including Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 09, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 5

Cattle in Burkina Faso affected by animal trypanosomosis contracts the disease not only via the tsetse fly, but also via other bloodsucking insects. The findings of a new study at the Institute of Tropical ...

Biology - Other

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Structure analysis of the trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B is among the scientific breakthroughs of 2012.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Infectious African sleeping sickness is widespread south of the Sahara Desert. Although the around sixty million people residing in tropical Africa run the risk of becoming infected every day, only around ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

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An international group of scientists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has mapped a weak spot in the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, pinpointing a promising new target for ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 29, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Two years ago, a 71-year-old Indiana man impaled his hand on a branch after cutting down a dead crab apple tree, causing an infection that led University of Utah scientists to discover a new bacterium and ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 15, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

For the first time, scientists have created a satellite-guided plan to effectively control the tsetse fly – an African killer that spreads "sleeping sickness" disease among humans and animals and wipes ...

Biology - Other

May 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

An unprecedented study of intra-uterine lactation in the tsetse fly, published 18 April 2012 in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press, reveals that an enzyme found in the fly's milk functions similarly in ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Manipulation of male and/or female genitalia results in a suite of changes in female reproductive behavior in tsetse flies, carriers of African sleeping sickness.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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