The type of blood used to feed Aedes aegypti females affects their cuticular and internal free fatty acid (FFA) profiles.

Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of various arthropod-borne viral (arboviral) diseases such as dengue and Zika, is a popular laboratory model in vector biology. However, its maintenance in laboratory conditions is difficult, mostly because the females require blood meals to complete oogenesis, which is often provided as sheep blood. The outermost layer of the mosquito cuticle is consists of lipids which protects against numerous entomopathogens, prevents desiccation and plays an essential role in signalling processes.

Survival in men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Poland in the years 2000 - 2014 compared to European Countries based on Concord-3.

Background: Wealthy countries have observed in recent decades a fast-growing number of prostate patients, who require treatment and long-term cancer care. This trend seems to be connected with some demographic changes such as aging societies, better access to diagnostic methods with high sensitivity as well as large-scale secondary prevention (prostate cancer screening at early stage before clinical manifestation). Secondary prevention is becoming more accessible and widely applied.

The interaction between cuticle free fatty acids (FFAs) of the cockroaches Blattella germanica and Blatta orientalis and hydrolases produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus.

The interactions between entomopathogenic fungi and insects serve a classic example of a co-evolutionary arms race between pathogens and their target host. The cuticle, site of the first contact between insects and entomopathogenic fungus, is an important defensive barrier against pathogens. It is covered by a layer of lipids that appears to play a key role in these processes and cuticular free fatty acid (FFA) profiles are consider as a determinant of susceptibility, or resistance, to fungal infections.

Development of land transport connections between Asia and Europe and their possible impact on vector introductions into European Countries.

The possibility of transfer of several organisms – disease vectors by land transportation Asia – Europe corridors into European countries is discussed. In Europe most alien species are of Asiatic origin. Trade and exchange of goods have developed very intensively for the beginning of the XXI century between Asia and European Union countries both by sea and land routes.

Salvage treatment in recurrent endometrial cancer of the pelvis and peritoneal cavity.

Regional recurrence of endometrial cancer is a challenging yet potentially curable group of patients without defined standard of care. Our aim is to determine optimal methods of salvage therapy for regionally recurrent endometrial cancer. Twenty-two cases of nodal, pelvic, or peritoneal cavity recurrences of endometrial cancer were identified from a single institution database.

Repellents as a major element in the context of prevention of tick-borne diseases.

In Poland, out of the 21 species of ticks described, two species have the greatest epidemiological significance: Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus. Their participation in the transmission of etiologic agents of vector diseases such as Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis, rickettsiosis and many others is widely known. Due to the often severe and sometimes fatal course of diseases transmitted by ticks, a great deal of emphasis is placed on prophylactic activities, minimizing the possibility of biting and transfering pathogens along with the arachnid saliva.

Susceptibility of Dermacentor reticulatus tick to repellents containing different active ingrediens.

Introduction: Ticks are vectors of human and animal diseases.

Materials And Methods: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of four different formulations containing DEET, Icaridin, IR3535 and mix of three compounds: DEET, IR3535 and geraniol, against Dermacentor reticulatus ticks.

Results: The repellent effectiveness of these products to adult ticks was different.

Survival in women diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer in Poland – compared to European countries, based on CONCORD - 3 Programme.

Introduction: The 5-year population-based survival rate, next to cancer incidence and mortality, is a key element for the assessment of effective health care quality provided by OECD in order to establish the condition of health care and set up health care policies. They also apply when assessing breast and cervical cancer prevention in Poland.

Aim: The aim of the paper was to analyse the breast and cervical cancer survival in women in Poland in 2010-2014 and its changes in 2000-2014 in comparison to other European countries.

Oligometastatic Disease State Is Associated with Improved Local Control in Patients Undergoing Three or Five Fraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy.

Background: The objective of our study was to describe the local control (LC) outcomes with 3- or 5-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to the spine in patients with oligometastatic (≤5 systemic metastases) versus polymetastatic disease (>5 metastases).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of patients who had undergone SBRT for spinal metastases. No patients had undergone previous surgical intervention or had spinal cord compression.

Galleria mellonella L. as model organism used in biomedical and other studies.

Comparative of studies of genomes of invertebrates and humans shows that in invertebrates including insects there are numerous homologues of human’s genes coding proteins involved in recognition pathogens or transduction of the expression signal. Thanks this features, insects such as Drosophila melanogaster M., Blattella germanica L.

Methods of testing repellent efficiency against ticks.

The use of repellents is the most important in the tick-bite protection. The tests of repellents efficiency shall give strict answer whether ticks are repelled effectively or not by a given agent. Methods of testing repellent efficiency can be divided in in three groups: experiments without tick host and host stimuli; studies simulating host stimuli, methods of testing repellents on animals or human volunteers.

Effect of serine protease KEX2 on Candida albicans virulence under halogenated methyl sulfones.

Aim: The effect of KEX2 mutations on C. albicans virulence and resistance to halogenated methyl sulfones was assessed.

Materials & Methods: The mechanism of action of sulfones was studied using flow cytometry and microscopy.

Methods of mosquito plague control in Świnoujście area based on the analysis of species distribution.

Objective: Studies conducted in 2013 in Świnoujście area aimed at determining mosquito species distribution and analyzing sites, productivity and dynamics of larva and adult breeding as well as developing guidelines for effective mosquito control in this area.

Materialand Methods: Entomological studies were conducted from March to September 2013. Distribution of mosquito larvae and adults was investigated.

[Evaluation of effectiveness of several repellents against mosquito bites available at the Polish market].

Unlabelled: BACKGROUND. Mosquitoes are blood-sucking insects, nuisance to humans and animals. Their bites cause itching and allergic reactions.

[Mosquito control on selected area in Poland after the flood in 2010].

After the flood in 2010 in many regions of Poland mosquitoes occurred in huge number and chemical control of them was performed. In Legionowo district the aerial application of deltamethrin-containing product was done. In the study the efficacy of the treatments was described.

[Synantropic cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.) in hospital environment--microbiological hazard for patients and hospital infections risk assessment].

Objective: The aim of our study was to determine what a hazard for patients creates the presence of cockroaches in hospital environment.

Material And Methods: The probable hospital infections cases in 9 hospitals in Warsaw were found in database of the Country Hospital Morbidity Register for the year 2004 and correlation between such factors as: drug resistance of bacteria isolated from external part of cockroach's bodies, their ability to biofilm building, adherence, resistance to disinfectants, resistance of cockroaches to insecticides, infestation level vs. infections of several body systems was examined.

[Bioactive effectiveness of selected disinfective agents on Gram-negative bacilli isolated from hospital environment].

In our study the susceptibility (MIC) of chosen 21 strains of Gram-negative bacilli isolated in hospitals to disinfectant agents (glucoprotamine, sodium dichloroisocyanurate, potassium persulfate), the effectiveness of these disinfectants against selected bacteria and their effectiveness to biofilm forming bacteria was determined. It was found that glucoprotamine showed the highest activity to Gram-negative bacteria. Obtained MIC values for glucoprotamine (except 1 strain of S.

[Characteristics of bacteria isolated from body surface of German cockroaches caught in hospitals].

The objective of the study was to identify bacterial flora from external parts of German cockroaches caught in hospitals. The susceptibility of the bacteria to the most important groups of antimicrobial agents was also examined. 80 strains of bacteria were isolated, among them 34 strains of Gram-positive cocci and 31 strains of Gram-negative rods.

[Occurrence of insect pests in hospitals in Poland].

The prevalent synantropic species present in hospitals in Poland was the German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.), found in about 70% hospitals. It was followed by Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientais L.

[Preliminary evaluation of the incidence and control of insects--pest control in Polish hospitals].

The evaluation of the infestation and methods of insect disease vectors control in 748 hospitals in Poland in the period of 1990 to 1995 were done. The insect species, places of their occurrence and control agents were analysed. Blattella germanica L.

[Susceptibility of cockroaches Blattella germanica L. collected from hospitals to selected pyrethroid and carbamate insecticides].

The resistance to four pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, cypermethrin, etofenprox, and to two carbamate insecticides--bendiocarb, propoxur was investigated on field strains of German cockroaches (Blatella germanica L.) caught in hospitals from various parts of Poland. The tests were carried out only on males by the contact method recommended by the WHO.

[Assessment of resistance to permethrin of german cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.) caught in Poland].

Resistance to permethrin was tested in cockroaches caught in health service institutions in various parts of Poland. The tests were carried out by the contact method as recommended by the WHO. The density of the insecticide was 20 mg/m2.