Dipetalogaster maxima is a blood-sucking Hemiptera that inhabits sylvatic areas in Mexico. It usually takes its blood meal from lizards, but following human population growth, it invaded suburban ...

They’ll swarm around your head and can bite. Many people call them gnats, the catchall term for a number of species of small, black flies. The nuisance insects had gotten so bad along a stretch of the ...

For this reason, the researchers used DNA from four species of blackflies — Simulium dentatum, Simulium digitatum, Simulium praelargum, and Simulium senile — as a means of identification.

Our results confirm that the novel OROV reassortant lineage spread from the Amazon to other regions in early 2024, successfully establishing local transmission. The fact that outbreaks were observed ...

PUBLIC HEALTH. Larval description of Simulium (Notolepria) cuasiexiguum and Simulium (Chirostilbia) obesum and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the States of São Paulo and ...

8,000 bites each day. The parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus that causes onchocerciasis is transmitted to humans through exposure to repeated bites of infected blackflies of the genus Simulium.The ...

When managing sweet itch make sure you do: 1. Call your vet to investigate your horse’s skin problem. There are a large number of causes of equine skin diseases, such as fungal (), bacterial ...

Simulium jenningsi, Simulium fibrinflatum, Simulium nyssa, Simulium penobscotense, Simulium vittatum. They’ll swarm and vex and bite humans, but these species would rather feed on hosts like deer and ...

Monrovia – Admission process of participants to the DOLF CLINICAL TRIAL kicks off on Friday, April 5, 2024 at the Bong Mines Hospital, in Bong County.The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic ...

Seven (29%) of the 24 records that reported elimination of transmission reported elimination of S neavei, 28–34 or the Bioko form of Simulium yahense (within the S damnosum complex) 15 with vector ...

Introduction. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) serve various biological functions including roles as semiochemicals - signalling chemicals mediating intra- and inter- organismal interactions (1, ...

A black, biting fly that is causing concern in Spain is also present in France and can draw blood from bites on humans and animals. The national environmental health authority (ANECPLA) in Spain ...