In October 1984, the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), was found in Florida.Although it was first described by Rennie in 1921, the mite was not found in the United States until 1984.Rennie described the mite from bees on the Isle of Wight and associated it with the "Isle of Wight" disease.Symptoms of this infestation were described

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the sole vectors of the protozoan parasites of the genus Trypanosoma, the causative agents of African Trypanosomiasis.Species of Glossina differ in vector competence and Glossina morsitans morsitans is associated with transmission of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which causes an acute and often fatal form of Afric

Background: Between 2015 and 2050, the aging population of Uganda (aged 50 years and older) will be nearly doubled.Therefore, later-life Gift Cards problems have become an area of increasing research and policy interest.This study aimed at exploring how aging people living in extreme poverty in a low-income country experience their everyday life an

The Zika virus, a member of the Flaviviridae family, is a mosquito-borne disease-causing virus that gained worldwide attention after a severe outbreak in Brazil in 2015.During this outbreak, some alarming evidence suggests that fetal microcephaly and other neuro-developmental disorders were associated with Zika infection.The virus also causes multi