Publications
| genome analysis of a glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus reveals a novel, large, double-stranded circular dna virus. | several species of tsetse flies can be infected by the glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus (gpsghv). infection causes salivary gland hypertrophy and also significantly reduces the fecundity of the infected flies. to better understand the molecular basis underlying the pathogenesis of this unusual virus, we sequenced and analyzed its genome. the gpsghv genome is a double-stranded circular dna molecule of 190,032 bp containing 160 nonoverlapping open reading frames (orfs), which a ... | 2008 | 18272583 |
| proteomic analysis of glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus virions for immune intervention in tsetse fly colonies. | many species of tsetse flies (diptera: glossinidae) can be infected by a virus that causes salivary gland hypertrophy (sgh). the genomes of viruses isolated from glossina pallidipes (gpsghv) and musca domestica (mdsghv) have recently been sequenced. tsetse flies with sgh have reduced fecundity and fertility which cause a serious problem for mass rearing in the frame of sterile insect technique (sit) programmes to control and eradicate tsetse populations in the wild. a potential intervention stra ... | 2010 | 20719992 |