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| Title |
Water vapour and heat combine to elicit biting and biting persistence in tsetse
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-6-240 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charles JF Chappuis, Steve Béguin, Michèle Vlimant, Patrick M Guerin |
| Abstract |
Tsetse flies are obligatory blood feeders, accessing capillaries by piercing the skin of their hosts with the haustellum to suck blood. However, this behaviour presents a considerable risk as landing flies are exposed to predators as well as the host's own defense reactions such as tail flicking. Achieving a successful blood meal within the shortest time span is therefore at a premium in tsetse, so feeding until replete normally lasts less than a minute. Biting in blood sucking insects is a multi-sensory response involving a range of physical and chemical stimuli. Here we investigated the role of heat and humidity emitted from host skin on the biting responses of Glossina pallidipes, which to our knowledge has not been fully studied in tsetse before. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 38 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Sudan | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 21% |
| Researcher | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 16% |
| Professor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 21% |
| Unknown | 3 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 50% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 January 2014.
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#4,209
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#148,181
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#51
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