Extensive previous studies on taxonomy, behavior/bionomics and control of Anopheles sinensis are reviewed and summarized. Recent molecular identification revealed that the population of An. sinensis complex includes An. sinensis, An. pullus, An. lesteri and at least two new species, and An. yatsushiroensis is synonmy of An. pullus. An. sinensis is the main vector species of vivax malaria in Kor...

Trichophyton onychocola is a recently described geophilic dermatophyte that has been isolated from a toenail of Czech patient with a history of onychomycosis due to T. rubrum and clinical suspicion of relapse. In this study, we report a similar case from Denmark in an otherwise healthy 56-year-old man. The patient had a history of great toenail infection caused by T. rubrum in 2004 and presente...

Dermatophytes are the most common cause of superficial mycoses in humans and animals. They can coexist with their hosts for many years without causing significant symptoms but also cause highly inflammatory diseases. To identify mechanisms involved in the modulation of the host response during infection caused by the zoophilic dermatophyte Arthroderma benhamiae, cell wall-associated surface pro...

BACKGROUND Insecticide treated bed nets have been recommended and proven efficient as a measure to protect African populations from malaria mosquito vector Anopheles spp. This study evaluates the consequences of bed nets use on vectors resistance to insecticides, their feeding behavior and malaria transmission in Dielmo village, Senegal, were LLINs were offered to all villagers in July 2008. ...

COMPULSIVE BARKING Sir, Psychiatric presentation mimicking call of animals is quite rare (Eppright & Favazza, 1987; Chowdhury et al.,1993), only a few cases featuring "zoophilic metamorphosis" of body parts or sex change relating to a dog have been reported (Lukianowiez,1967; Kendall & Jenkins, 1987). We report an atypical case of compulsive barking in a 42-year old Bengali married male from Ca...

Human filariasis due to Loa loa is confined to the tropical rain-forest of Africa. In the same area, simian populations are infected with parasites which have no clear-cut morphological differences with human Loa and exhibit a nocturnal microfilarial periodicity (Duke and Wijers, 1958). Chrysops lungi and C. centurionis are probably responsible for their transmission among monkeys (Duke, 1955)....

Background: Insecticide treated bed nets have been recommended and proven efficient as a measure to protect African populations from malaria mosquito vector Anopheles spp. This study evaluates the consequences of bed nets use on vectors resistance to insecticides, their feeding behavior and malaria transmission in Dielmo village, Senegal, were LLINs were offered to all villagers in July 2008. M...

Underground storm drain systems in urban areas of Orange County include thousands of miles of gutters and underground pipelines, plus hundreds of thousands of catch basins and manhole chambers, all of which drain runoff water from residential, business and commercial establishments as well as highways and streets. These systems serve as major developmental and resting sites for anthropophilic a...