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UnknownClimatic effects on mosquito abundance in Mediterranean wetlands.

Background

The impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases is highly controversial. One of the principal points of debate is whether or not climate influences mosquito abundance, a key factor in disease transmission.

Methods

To test this hypothesis, we analysed ten years of data...
S-EPMC4223583 | biostudies-literature
UnknownOptimal methods for fitting probability distributions to propagule retention time in studies of zoochorous dispersal.

Background

Propagule retention time is a key factor in determining propagule dispersal distance and the shape of "seed shadows". Propagules dispersed by animal vectors are either ingested and retained in the gut until defecation or attached externally to the body until detachment. Retention ...
S-EPMC4736643 | biostudies-literature
UnknownBagaza virus is pathogenic and transmitted by direct contact in experimentally infected partridges, but is not infectious in house sparrows and adult mice.
Bagaza virus (BAGV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus belonging to the Ntaya serocomplex. In 2010, a disease outbreak was reported in Cádiz (Southern Spain) affecting game birds (red-legged partridges and common pheasants). In this work, red-legged partridges were inoculated experimentally with infecti...
S-EPMC4559182 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEffectiveness of an intensive E-mail based intervention in smoking cessation (TABATIC study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background

Intensive interventions on smoking cessation increase abstinence rates. However, few electronic mail (E-mail) based intensive interventions have been tested in smokers and none in primary care (PC) setting. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intens...
S-EPMC3648415 | biostudies-literature
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