POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRIMARY MALARIA VECTOR ANOPHELES GAMBIAE GILES [DIPTERA: CULICIDAE] IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA UNDER CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Potential distribution of the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles [Diptera: Culicidae] in Southwest Nigeria under current and future climatic conditions

Abstract Background Mosquitoes are key vectors for the transmission of several diseases.Anopheles gambiae is known to transmit pathogens of malaria and filariasis.Due to several anthropogenic factors such as climate change and population growth leading to diverse land use, their distribution and disease spreading pattern may change.This study estim

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In situ hybridization of somatolactin transcripts in the pituitary glands from acclimatized carp (Cyprinus carpio)

We isolated and cloned a carp somatolactin SL DNA fragment, of which 78% of the nucleotides were identical to the corresponding salmon SL sequence.The results obtained upon Northern blot hybridization of carp pituitary RNA allowed the identification of two transcripts as described for other fish.When the content of SL transcripts in pituitary secti

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Can functional walk tests add value to the prediction of cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke? A prospective cohort study

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness is often impaired following stroke, and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) is an important prognostic value of all-cause mortality.The primary objective was to investigate whether functional walk tests assessed in the subacute phase after Hunting Boots stroke added value in predicting VO2peak in chronic stroke, i

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