Sentence examples for as a major vector from inspiring English sources

We particularly focus on the Aedes albopictus mosquito which is now recognized as a major vector of human arboviruses, like chikungunya, dengue, or yellow fever.

The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, awarded the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences to Mary-Dell Chilton for her key discoveries and wide-ranging contributions in the development of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid as a major vector system for plant genetic engineering.

Along with the TM2 proline, the TM5 proline appears as a major vector of GPCR evolution.

Recently, Ae. albopictus has emerged as a major vector for Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus, in regions bordering the western Indian Ocean [ 7, 8].

As the historian Eric Hobsbawm concluded in 1990, that force was almost spent, or as he put it, "no longer a major vector of historical development".

In this study, we identified a persistent infection of obligate intracellular Wolbachia and cultivable bacteria, such as Acinetobacter, in Ae. Albopictus, a major vector of arboviruses.

The yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major vector of human diseases, such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and West Nile viruses.

As an important vector of West Nile virus in North America [ 22], and a major vector of bancroftian filariasis in Africa [ 23], C. quinquefasciatus is frequently subject to control by insecticides, including the two mentioned above.

It's no secret that mobile — and specifically Android — is becoming a major vector for malware.

Though previously considered to be a vector with poor efficiency, Ae. albopictus was identified as the major vector in La Reunion Island and Europe [2], [7].

When Ae. albopictus outnumbered Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus acted as the major vector of dengue virus [ 16].