Publications by authors named "A O Abu"
Unlabelled: Climate change is predicted to increase the spread of mosquito-borne viruses, but genetic mechanisms underlying the influence of environmental variation on the ability of insect vectors to transmit human pathogens is unknown. In response to a changing climate, mosquitoes will experience longer periods of drought. An important physiological response to dry environments is the protection against dehydration, here defined as desiccation tolerance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs climate change alters Earth's biomes, it is expected the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne viruses will change. While the effects of temperature changes on mosquito-virus interactions and the spread of the pathogens have been elucidated over the last decade, the impact of relative humidity changes is still relatively unknown. To overcome this knowledge gap, we exposed females to various humidity conditions.
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- The study introduces a new method called functional data geometric morphometrics (FDGM) to classify three shrew species from Peninsular Malaysia using 2D landmark data.
- FDGM transforms this data into continuous curves represented by linear combinations of basis functions, offering a comparison to traditional geometric morphometrics (GM).
- Results indicated that FDGM outperformed GM, with the dorsal view of the crania being the most effective for species classification, and various machine learning approaches were tested to enhance classification accuracy.
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- Blastocystis is a microorganism found in the digestive tracts of various animals, but its impact on human health is still not well understood, especially regarding its transmission and host specificity.
- The study focused on examining the distribution and genetic diversity of Blastocystis in different reptile species in Eastern Thailand, collecting and analyzing 501 fecal samples from 363 iguanas, 79 bearded dragons, 50 tortoises, and 9 snakes.
- Results showed that 20% of the samples tested positive for Blastocystis, predominantly in iguanas, with distinct genetic differences noted between iguanas and other reptiles, suggesting that Blastocystis mainly colonizes herbivorous reptiles.
During the 1970s, scientists first used botulinum toxin to treat strabismus. While testing on monkeys, they noticed that the toxin could also reduce wrinkles in the glabella area. This led to its widespread use in both medical and cosmetic fields.
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