Walter Leal

Walter Leal Walter Soares Leal (born February 2, 1954) is a Brazilian biochemist and entomologist who is known for identifying pheromones and mosquito attractants, and elucidating a mechanism of action of the insect repellent DEET.

Leal was the first non-Japanese to earn tenure at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan. In 2000, he accepted a position as associate professor at the University of California, Davis. Leal is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He served as chair of the entomology department at UC Davis (now Department of Entomology & Nematology). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Alternative splicing produces two transcripts encoding female-biased pheromone subfamily receptors in the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella

    Alternative splicing produces two transcripts encoding female-biased pheromone subfamily receptors in the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella by Stephen F Garczynski, Walter Soares Leal

    Published 2015-10-01
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    Multitasking roles of mosquito labrum in oviposition and blood feeding

    Multitasking roles of mosquito labrum in oviposition and blood feeding by Young-Moo eChoo, Garrison K Buss, Kaiming eTan, Walter Soares Leal, Walter Soares Leal

    Published 2015-10-01
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    Toxic effect of blood feeding in male mosquitoes

    Toxic effect of blood feeding in male mosquitoes by Mahmood R Nikbakhtzadeh, Garrison K Buss, Walter Soares Leal

    Published 2016-01-01
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    Selectivity of odorant-binding proteins from the southern house mosquito tested against physiologically relevant ligands

    Selectivity of odorant-binding proteins from the southern house mosquito tested against physiologically relevant ligands by Jiao eYin, Young-Moo eChoo, Hongxia eDuan, Walter Soares Leal

    Published 2015-02-01
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    Sensitivity of RT-PCR method in samples shown to be positive for Zika virus by RT-qPCR in vector competence studies

    Sensitivity of RT-PCR method in samples shown to be positive for Zika virus by RT-qPCR in vector competence studies by Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Walter Soares Leal, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres

    Published 2017-05-01
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    Synthetic sex pheromone of citrus leafminer in Brazilian citrus groves Feromônio sexual sintético do minador-dos-citros em pomares brasileiros de citros

    Synthetic sex pheromone of citrus leafminer in Brazilian citrus groves Feromônio sexual sintético do minador-dos-citros em pomares brasileiros de citros by Ana Lia Parra-Pedrazzoli, Walter Soares Leal, Evaldo Ferreira Vilela, Marcelo Costa Mendonça, José Maurício Simões Bento

    Published 2009-07-01
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    Potential Nosocomial Infections by the Zika and Chikungunya Viruses in Public Health Facilities in the Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil

    Potential Nosocomial Infections by the Zika and Chikungunya Viruses in Public Health Facilities in the Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil by Larissa Krokovsky, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Fabiana Cristina Fulco Santos, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Daniela Anastácio Bandeira, Claudenice Ramos Pontes, Walter Soares Leal, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres, Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva

    Published 2022-11-01
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    Zika virus detection, isolation and genome sequencing through Culicidae sampling during the epidemic in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

    Zika virus detection, isolation and genome sequencing through Culicidae sampling during the epidemic in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil by Constância Flavia Junqueira Ayres, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva, Mariana Carolina Morais-Sobral, Larissa Krokovsky, Laís Ceschini Machado, Maria Alice Varjal Melo-Santos, Mônica Crespo, Cláudia Maria Fontes Oliveira, Ricardo Silva Ribeiro, Orlei Amaral Cardoso, Ana Lúcia Barbosa Menezes, Roberto Costa Laperrière-Jr, Carlos Feitosa Luna, André Luiz Sá Oliveira, Walter Soares Leal, Gabriel Luz Wallau

    Published 2019-05-01
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