FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AQUAPORIN-LIKE GENES IN THE HUMAN BED BUG CIMEX LECTULARIUS

Abstract The bed bug Cimex lectularius is a blood-feeding re-emerging annoyance pest insect that has Medical the ability to transmit Trypanosoma cruzi under experimental laboratory conditions.Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channel proteins that are essential in biological organisms.C.lectularius are constantly exposed to water-related stress, suggesti

BackgroundA role of Chlamydia trachomatis in HPV-induced cervical carcinogenesis has been reported for Dot Matrix Printer cervical cancer but studies on cervical adenocarcinoma are limited.MethodsA total of 1,553 cervical smears taken up to 26 years before diagnosis in a large population-based nested case-control study of cervical adenocarcinoma (A