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Methods for the preservation of insects for DNA studies
- R. Post, P. Flook, A. L. Millest
- Biology
- 1993
Abstract Adult Simulium damnosum s.l. were reared from pupae and preserved in liquid nitrogen, Carnoy's solution, formal saline, three alcohols at a variety of concentrations, dried over silica gel… Expand
Molecular systematics of five Onchocerca species (Nematoda: Filarioidea) including the human parasite, O. volvulus, suggest sympatric speciation.
- R. Morales-Hojas, R. Cheke, R. Post
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of helminthology
- 1 September 2006
The genus Onchocerca (Nematoda: Filarioidea) consists of parasites of ungulate mammals with the exception of O. volvulus, which is a human parasite. The relationship between O. volvulus, O. ochengi… Expand
Sample size in parasitological and vector surveys.
- R. Post, A. L. Millest
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasitology today
- 1991
Alternative polymerase chain reaction method to identify Plasmodium species in human blood samples: the semi-nested multiplex malaria PCR (SnM-PCR).
- J. M. Rubio, R. Post, W. van Leeuwen, M. C. Henry, G. Lindergard, M. Hommel
- Biology, Medicine
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical…
- 1 April 2002
A simplified protocol for the identification of Plasmodium species by semi-nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction (SnM-PCR) in human blood samples is compared with microscopical examination of… Expand
Evolution, epidemiology, and population genetics of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae).
- P. Adler, R. Cheke, R. Post
- Biology, Medicine
- Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of…
- 1 October 2010
More than 2000 species of black flies feed on vertebrate blood; 1.5% of all species are vectors of pathogens that cause human diseases. Of nine simuliid-borne animal diseases, only two, mansonellosis… Expand
Mansonellosis: current perspectives
- Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang, J. Crainey, R. Post, S. Luz, J. M. Rubio
- Biology, Medicine
- Research and reports in tropical medicine
- 18 January 2018
Mansonellosis is a filarial disease caused by three species of filarial (nematode) parasites (Mansonella perstans, Mansonella streptocerca, and Mansonella ozzardi) that use humans as their main… Expand
Multivariate morphotaxonomy in the identification of adult females of the Simulium damnosum Theobald complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme area of West Africa.
- M. D. Wilson, R. Post, L. Gomulski
- Biology, Medicine
- Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
- 1 February 1993
Adult female Simulium damnosum s.l. flies obtained in nine countries of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme were examined for 14 morphological characters with the aim of selecting specific… Expand
Taxonomy and inventory of the cytospecies and cytotypes of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in relation to onchocerciasis
- R. Post, M. Mustapha, A. Krueger
- Biology, Medicine
- Tropical medicine & international health : TM…
- 1 November 2007
We provide an inventory of all named cytoforms of the Simulium damnosum complex (including those which are now considered invalid), along with all inversions that have been recorded (including… Expand
Characterisation of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and development of a PCR-based method for their detection in skin biopsies.
- R. Morales-Hojas, R. Post, A. Shelley, M. Maia-Herzog, S. Coscarón, R. Cheke
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal for parasitology
- 1 February 2001
The internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1, 5.8S gene and ITS2) of the two filarial nematodes Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella ozzardi was sequenced, and two species-specific primers designed in… Expand
The elimination of the onchocerciasis vector from the island of Bioko as a result of larviciding by the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control.
- S. Traoré, M. D. Wilson, +14 authors U. Amazigo
- Biology, Medicine
- Acta tropica
- 1 September 2009
The island of Bioko is part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and is the only island in the World to have endemic onchocerciasis. The disease is hyperendemic and shows a forest-type epidemiology… Expand