Semi-field and indoor setups to study malaria mosquito swarming behavior

The mosquito-malaria theory.

Mosquito-Malaria Hypothesis

over our food or drowns itself in our drink, the gnat that buries its lancet in our veins, the bed-bug that attacks the uncleanly during the slumbers of the night, the wasp and the bee that thrust us with their stings?are all transporters, injectors or introducers of germ life. "My reasons for affirming this are briefly comprised in the statement that I have never known a person suffer from mal...

Swarming Behavior in Plant Roots

Interactions between individuals that are guided by simple rules can generate swarming behavior. Swarming behavior has been observed in many groups of organisms, including humans, and recent research has revealed that plants also demonstrate social behavior based on mutual interaction with other individuals. However, this behavior has not previously been analyzed in the context of swarming. Her...

Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection.

BACKGROUND Electronic mosquito repellents (EMRs) are marketed to prevent mosquitoes biting and to prevent malaria. OBJECTIVES To assess whether EMRs prevent mosquito bites, and to assess any evidence of an effect on malaria infection. SEARCH STRATEGY In August 2006, we searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, Cambridge Scientifi...

Modeling and Simulation of Myxobacteria Swarming Behavior

We present a cell-based model to simulate the swarming behavior of various mutants of myxobacteria. Computational complexity is often known to be one of the biggest obstacles in simulating such biological system as there are too many interacting individuals involved in the system. We derive the scaling law for our model, which together with the concept of superindividuals, enable us to perform ...