In Africa, the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum, is commonly infected with R. africae and is likely the major vector of the organism (3 ).
Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus has long been hypothesized to be a major vector for the transmission of virulent strains throughout the community.
We conclude that self-repair plasticity could lead to higher population fitness of ctenophores under adverse conditions such as in ships' ballast water tanks which is postulated to be the major vector source for the species' spreading around the globe.
2) Cut down all Leyland cypress as it is a major vector of the disease.
"Epidemic Takes Toll on Black Women" (front page, July 3) finds people in the South at risk for H.I.V. because protection is "overtaken by the daily struggle to get by," because they lack control over their lives and because a "desperate need for money" is a major vector for the AIDS virus.
Historically, An. subpictus mosquitoes are not a major vector in the Pakistan Punjab (25 ).
CYP4G16 is becoming increasingly associated with pyrethroid resistance with evidence for over-expression in another major vector of the An.
Adaptation to the environment is an important element of the homeostasis, but the major vector of selection is the internal perfection and harmonization of the system that would guarantee its precise and reliable reproduction.
The northern geographic boundary of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is marked by cold, mountainous areas, which limit the range of ticks, the major vectors of the disease.
In this respect, Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is the major vector of BTV in the African continent and Mediterranean Europe [14] where it shares vector ability with other Culicoides spp. [15], [16].
