Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in North Africa

Autor: Amira Nebbak, Lionel Almeras, Philippe Parola, Idir Bitam

Publikováno v: Insects, Vol 13, Iss 10, p 962 (2022)

Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are of significant public health importance because of their ability to transmit major diseases to humans and animals, and are considered as the world’s most deadly arthropods. In recent decades, climate change and g

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Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS biotyping for Borrelia burgdorferi sl detection in Ixodes ricinus.

Autor: Pierre H Boyer, Nathalie Boulanger, Amira Nebbak, Elodie Collin, Benoit Jaulhac, Lionel Almeras

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0185430 (2017)

Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been demonstrated to be useful for tick identification at the species level. More recently, this tool has been successfully applied for the detection of b

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Molecular detection of avian spirochete Borrelia anserina in Argas persicus ticks in Algeria

Autor: Nadjet Amina Ouchene-Khelifi, Djamel Khelef, Amira Nebbak, Ahmed Benakhla, Fayçal Zeroual, Idir Bitam, Ali Dahmani, Nassim Ouchene, Philippe Parola

Publikováno v: Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020, 68, pp.101408. ⟨10.1016/j.cimid.2019.101408⟩
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Elsevier, 2020, 68, pp.101408. ⟨10.1016/j.cimid.2019.101408⟩

Argasid ticks are one of the most important poultry ectoparasites. They affect poultry directly through blood meal and indirectly through the transmission of pathogens essentially Borrelia anserina, agent of avian borreliosis, one of the most widespr

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Comparative analysis of storage conditions and homogenization methods for tick and flea species for identification by MALDI-TOF MS

Autor: Lionel Almeras, B. El Hamzaoui, Jean-Michel Berenger, Amira Nebbak, Didier Raoult, P. Parola, Idir Bitam

Publikováno v: Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 31:438-448

Ticks and fleas are vectors for numerous human and animal pathogens. Controlling them, which is important in combating such diseases, requires accurate identification, to distinguish between vector and non-vector species. Recently, matrix-assisted la

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Field application of MALDI-TOF MS on mosquito larvae identification

Autor: Amira Nebbak, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola, Alexandra C Willcox, Lionel Almeras, Jean-Michel Berenger, Sekou Koumare

Publikováno v: Parasitology
Parasitology, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2018, 145 (5, SI), pp.677-687. ⟨10.1017/S0031182017001354⟩
Parasitology, 2018, 145 (5, SI), pp.677-687. ⟨10.1017/S0031182017001354⟩

SUMMARYIn recent years, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as an efficient tool for arthropod identification. Its application for field monitoring of adult mosquitoes was demonstrat

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