"Tsetse Flies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.617.289.400.700
Concept/Terms
Tsetse Flies- Tsetse Flies
- Flies, Tsetse
- Fly, Tsetse
- Tsetse Fly
- Glossina
- Glossinas
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tsetse Flies" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Tsetse Flies" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Tsetse Flies" by people in Profiles.
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The proteome and transcriptome of the infectious metacyclic form of Trypanosoma brucei define quiescent cells primed for mammalian invasion. Mol Microbiol. 2017 Oct; 106(1):74-92.
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A novel highly divergent protein family identified from a viviparous insect by RNA-seq analysis: a potential target for tsetse fly-specific abortifacients. PLoS Genet. 2014 Apr; 10(4):e1003874.
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The homeodomain protein ladybird late regulates synthesis of milk proteins during pregnancy in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Apr; 8(4):e2645.
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VectorBase: improvements to a bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vector genomics. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan; 40(Database issue):D729-34.
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Lipophorin acts as a shuttle of lipids to the milk gland during tsetse fly pregnancy. J Insect Physiol. 2011 Nov; 57(11):1553-61.
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Quorum sensing primes the oxidative stress response in the insect endosymbiont, Sodalis glossinidius. PLoS One. 2008; 3(10):e3541.
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Evaluation of the impact of overseas pre-departure treatment for infection with intestinal parasites among Montagnard refugees migrating from Cambodia to North Carolina. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 May; 78(5):754-9.
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A case for a Glossina genome project. Trends Parasitol. 2005 Mar; 21(3):107-11.
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Gene expression level influences amino acid usage, but not codon usage, in the tsetse fly endosymbiont Wigglesworthia. Microbiology (Reading). 2003 Sep; 149(Pt 9):2585-2596.
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DNA rearrangements of the variable surface antigen genes of the trypanosomes. J Protozool. 1984 Feb; 31(1):65-73.