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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 108, No. s1, 2013, pp. 59-62
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Bioline Code: oc13188
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 108, No. s1, 2013, pp. 59-62
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Biological rhythms and vector insects
Marques, Mirian David
Abstract
The adjustment of all species, animals and plants, to the Earth’s cyclic environments is ensured by their temporal organisation. The relationships between parasites, vectors and hosts rely greatly upon the synchronisation of their biological rhythms, especially circadian rhythms. In this short note, parasitic infections by Protozoa and by microfilariae have been chosen as examples of the dependence of successful transmission mechanisms on temporal components.
Keywords
temporal organisation; circadian rhythms; Plasmodium; Leishmania; Trypanosoma
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