Sentence examples for a vector of pathogens from inspiring English sources

Ixodes ricinus is a vector of pathogens that cause many diseases in Europe and Slovenia: tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), anaplasmosis, borreliosis, babesiosis and others.

Here we focus on the characterization of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), "plus-C" odorant-binding proteins ("plus-C" OBPs), chemosensory proteins (CSPs) and sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs) families from the Southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, a vector of pathogens implicated in multiple human diseases.

We have employed a combination of bioinformatics and molecular approaches to identify and characterize members of the "classic" OBP family in the Southern House mosquito Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus ( = Cx. quinquefasciatus), a vector of pathogens causing several human diseases.

The southern house mosquito Cx. quinquefasciatus is an important human health pest as a vector of several pathogens including agents of lymphatic filariasis, West Nile encephalitis and St . Louisencephalitis.

The role of R. bursa, a common tick species in sheep and goats in Cyprus (D. Chochlakis, unpub. data), as a vector of other pathogens for humans has been proposed (10 ).

The susceptible wheat line SY95-71, serving as a vector of the pathogen, was planted in every third row of each population to ensure that all plants had an equal chance of infection.

In Western Europe, the widespread and abundant Ixodes ricinus tick is the most common vector for human and animal pathogens and is also a major vector of pathogens responsible for rodent-borne diseases (2 ).

In North America, the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, an obligate haematophagus arthropod, is a vector of several human pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent.

The cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae; recently re-classified as Rhipicephalus microplus) is one of the most widely distributed parasites of farm animals, causing an important economic impact both due to blood and milk losses and leather damage, and because it is a vector of major protozoan pathogens [27].

As a vector of human disease pathogens there is interest in developing highly robust genetic tools for Ae. aegypti.

It is a vector of several human pathogens, most notably RNA viruses responsible for dengue and yellow fever, and so is an insect pest of high medical importance.