Highlights•Expansions and losses of immune genes are an important component of
evolutionary change across species.•Transcriptional response to infection involves diverse …

Research on the zoo-anthropophilic blood feeding tsetse flies' biology conducted, by
different teams, in laboratory settings and at the level of the ecosystems-where also co …

Background A number of reports have demonstrated the role of insect bacterial flora on their
host's physiology and metabolism. The tsetse host and vector of trypanosomes responsible …

With the absence of effective prophylactic vaccines and drugs against African
trypanosomosis, control of this group of zoonotic neglected tropical diseases depends the …

Background The tsetse transmitted parasitic flagellate Trypanosoma congolense causes
animal African trypanosomosis (AAT) across sub-Saharan Africa. AAT negatively impacts …

Anopheles gambiae devotes over 2% of its protein coding genes to its 298 structural
cuticular proteins (CPs). This paper provides new LC-MS/MS data on two adult structures …

Insects have developed intriguing cuticles with very specific structures and functions,
including microstructures governing their interactions with transmitted microbes, such as in …

Abstract Background Animal African trypanosomiasis, or nagana, is a veterinary disease
caused by African trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. In Africa, Trypanosoma …

A Tripanossomose é uma doença causada por tripanossoma, protozoários flagelados
transmitidos por moscas pertencentes ao género Glossina spp., vulgarmente chamadas …

Glossina palpalis gambiensis is a riverine tsetse species endemic in West Africa and thriving
in riparian vegetation of the savannah areas from Burkina Faso and Mali to Guinea and …