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Occurrence and diversity of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in livestock in the UK. (2014)
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(2014). Occurrence and diversity of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in livestock in the UK. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, e60 - e67. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12075

Giardia duodenalis is a common intestinal parasite in humans and a wide range of livestock species. It is a genetically heterogeneous parasite that has been characterized in seven distinct genetic assemblages or cryptic species, and molecular markers... Read More about Occurrence and diversity of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in livestock in the UK..

Arboviral bottlenecks and challenges to maintaining diversity and fitness during mosquito transmission. (2014)
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Forrester-Soto. (2014). Arboviral bottlenecks and challenges to maintaining diversity and fitness during mosquito transmission. Viruses, 3991 - 4004. https://doi.org/10.3390/v6103991

The term arbovirus denotes viruses that are transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks, mosquitoes, and other biting arthropods. The infection of these vectors produces a certain set of evolutionary pressures on the virus; involving migration from the... Read More about Arboviral bottlenecks and challenges to maintaining diversity and fitness during mosquito transmission..

A WISE view of novae - I. The data (2014)
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(2014). A WISE view of novae - I. The data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1683 - 1697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1467

We present the results of data-mining the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) archive for data on classical and recurrent novae. We find that the detections are consistent with dust emission, line emission, emission by a stellar photosphere, o... Read More about A WISE view of novae - I. The data.

The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies (2014)
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Drijfhout. (2014). The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 315 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-014-0324-z

A method for conducting multiple-choice bioassays, incorporating within-hive replication, is described and demonstrated here. This method has been used to study the influence of phagostimulants in pollens on food uptake within honey bee colonies. Exp... Read More about The use of a within-hive replication bioassay method to investigate the phagostimulatory effects of pollen, bee bread and pollen extracts, on free-flying honey bee colonies.

Homopolymer tract organization in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and related Apicomplexan parasites (2014)
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Horrocks. (2014). Homopolymer tract organization in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and related Apicomplexan parasites. BMC Genomics, 848 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-848

BACKGROUND: Homopolymeric tracts, particularly poly dA.dT, are enriched within the intergenic sequences of eukaryotic genomes where they appear to act as intrinsic regulators of nucleosome positioning. A previous study of the incomplete genome of the... Read More about Homopolymer tract organization in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and related Apicomplexan parasites.

Unequivocal identification of intracellular aluminium adjuvant in a monocytic THP-1 cell line. (2014)
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(2014). Unequivocal identification of intracellular aluminium adjuvant in a monocytic THP-1 cell line. Scientific reports, 6287 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep06287

Aluminium-based adjuvants (ABA) are the predominant adjuvants used in human vaccinations. While a consensus is yet to be reached on the aetiology of the biological activities of ABA several studies have identified shape, crystallinity and size as cri... Read More about Unequivocal identification of intracellular aluminium adjuvant in a monocytic THP-1 cell line..

Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids (2014)
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Bell, J. R., Alderson, L., Izera, D., Kruger, T., Parker, S., Pickup, J., …Harrington, R. (2015). Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(1), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12282

Aphids represent a significant challenge to food production. The Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) runs a network of 12·2-m suction-traps throughout the year to collect migrating aphids. In 2014, the RIS celebrated its 50th anniversary. This paper marks... Read More about Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids.

A novel live-attenuated vaccine candidate for mayaro Fever. (2014)
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Forrester-Soto. (2014). A novel live-attenuated vaccine candidate for mayaro Fever. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e2969 - e2969. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002969

Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an emerging, mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes a dengue-like illness in many regions of South America, and which has the potential to urbanize. Because no specific treatment or vaccine is available for MAYV infection, we ca... Read More about A novel live-attenuated vaccine candidate for mayaro Fever..

Identification of the aggregation pheromone of the melon thrips, Thrips palmi (2014)
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(2014). Identification of the aggregation pheromone of the melon thrips, Thrips palmi. PloS one, e103315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103315

The objective of this study was to identify the aggregation pheromone of the melon thrips Thrips palmi, a major pest of vegetable and ornamental plants around the world. The species causes damage both through feeding activities and as a vector of tos... Read More about Identification of the aggregation pheromone of the melon thrips, Thrips palmi.

Cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of Theileria annulata schizont surface proteins. (2014)
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(2014). Cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of Theileria annulata schizont surface proteins. PloS one, e103821 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103821

The invasion of Theileria sporozoites into bovine leukocytes is rapidly followed by the destruction of the surrounding host cell membrane, allowing the parasite to establish its niche within the host cell cytoplasm. Theileria infection induces host c... Read More about Cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of Theileria annulata schizont surface proteins..

Conditional independence mapping of DIGE data reveals PDIA3 protein species as key nodes associated with muscle aerobic capacity. (2014)
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(2014). Conditional independence mapping of DIGE data reveals PDIA3 protein species as key nodes associated with muscle aerobic capacity. Journal of Proteomics, 230 - 245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2014.04.015

UNLABELLED: Profiling of protein species is important because gene polymorphisms, splice variations and post-translational modifications may combine and give rise to multiple protein species that have different effects on cellular function. Two-dimen... Read More about Conditional independence mapping of DIGE data reveals PDIA3 protein species as key nodes associated with muscle aerobic capacity..

Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis (2014)
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Masood. (2014). Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis. Food Microbiology, 226 - 235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2014.06.013

In 2013, Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis, were reclassified as Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris and Cronobacter zurichensis, respectively. Previously these species had been used as negative contr... Read More about Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Cronobacter species, with particular attention to the newly reclassified species Cronobacter helveticus, Cronobacter pulveris, and Cronobacter zurichensis.

Changes in the distribution of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban areas in Great Britain: findings and limitations of a media-driven nationwide survey. (2014)
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(2014). Changes in the distribution of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban areas in Great Britain: findings and limitations of a media-driven nationwide survey. PloS one, e99059 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099059

Urbanization is one of the major forms of habitat alteration occurring at the present time. Although this is typically deleterious to biodiversity, some species flourish within these human-modified landscapes, potentially leading to negative and/or p... Read More about Changes in the distribution of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban areas in Great Britain: findings and limitations of a media-driven nationwide survey..

A synthetic sex ratio distortion system for the control of the human malaria mosquito. (2014)
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Galizi, R., Doyle, L. A., Menichelli, M., Bernardini, F., Deredec, A., Burt, A., …Crisanti, A. (2014). A synthetic sex ratio distortion system for the control of the human malaria mosquito. Nature communications, 3977 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4977

It has been theorized that inducing extreme reproductive sex ratios could be a method to suppress or eliminate pest populations. Limited knowledge about the genetic makeup and mode of action of naturally occurring sex distorters and the prevalence of... Read More about A synthetic sex ratio distortion system for the control of the human malaria mosquito..

Mesoniviruses are mosquito-specific viruses with extensive geographic distribution and host range. (2014)
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Forrester-Soto. (2014). Mesoniviruses are mosquito-specific viruses with extensive geographic distribution and host range. Virology Journal, 97 - 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-11-97

Background
The family Mesoniviridae (order Nidovirales) comprises of a group of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA ([+]ssRNA) viruses isolated from mosquitoes.
Findings
Thirteen novel insect-specific virus isolates were obtained from mosquitoes c... Read More about Mesoniviruses are mosquito-specific viruses with extensive geographic distribution and host range..

Feeding common carp Cyprinus carpio with β-glucan supplemented diet stimulates C-reactive protein and complement immune acute phase responses following PAMPs injection (2014)
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Pionnier, N., Falco, A., Miest, J. J., Shrive, A. K., & Hoole, D. (2014). Feeding common carp Cyprinus carpio with β-glucan supplemented diet stimulates C-reactive protein and complement immune acute phase responses following PAMPs injection. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 39(2), 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2014.05.008

Site-specific genetic engineering of the Anopheles gambiae Y chromosome. (2014)
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Bernardini, F., Galizi, R., Menichelli, M., Papathanos, P., Dritsou, V., Marois, E., …Windbichler, N. (2014). Site-specific genetic engineering of the Anopheles gambiae Y chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 7600 - 7605. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1404996111

Despite its function in sex determination and its role in driving genome evolution, the Y chromosome remains poorly understood in most species. Y chromosomes are gene-poor, repeat-rich and largely heterochromatic and therefore represent a difficult t... Read More about Site-specific genetic engineering of the Anopheles gambiae Y chromosome..

The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction. (2014)
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(2014). The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction. Nucleic acids research, 7113 - 7131. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku322

Babesia spp. are tick-borne, intraerythrocytic hemoparasites that use antigenic variation to resist host immunity, through sequential modification of the parasite-derived variant erythrocyte surface antigen (VESA) expressed on the infected red blood... Read More about The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction..