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Species structure of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna in the Brazilian western Amazon

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
We surveyed areas of the state of Rondônia in western Amazon for phlebotomine, which are potential vectors of leishmaniasis. A total of 5,998 specimens were captured, resulting in the identification of 48 species within the Lutzomyia (99.98%) and ...
Luiz Herman Soares Gil, Maisa da Silva Araújo, Juan Miguel Villalobos, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Luiz Shozo Ozaki, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla, Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa, Rafael Mesquita Cruz, Alexandre de Almeida e Silva, Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva   +10 more
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The Effect of Climate Change on Emergence and Evolution of Zoonotic Diseases in Asia

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 7, Page 587-611, November 2025.
ABSTRACT As the climate of Asia changes under the influence of global warming, the incidence and spatial distribution of known zoonoses will evolve, and new zoonoses are expected to emerge as a result of greater exposure to organisms which currently occur only in wildlife.
Roger S. Morris, Masako Wada
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Flebotomíneos (Diptera, Psychodidae) de capoeira do Município do Paço do Lumiar, Estado do Maranhão, Brasil: Área de transmissão de leishmaniose Sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a secondary forest area in the county of Paço do Lumiar, Maranhão, Brazil: a leishmaniasis transmission area

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2000
Apresentam-se a riqueza de espécies, a abundância relativa, a flutuação sazonal e horária dos flebótomos estudados em uma capoeira da Ilha de São Luís - MA, área de transmissão de leishmanioses tegumentar e visceral.
Vera Lúcia Lopes Barros, José Manuel Macário Rebêlo, Francinaldo Soares Silva   +2 more
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Stress in dipteran insects mass‐reared for sterile insect technique applications

Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 1495-1523, October 2025.
The connections between biotic and abiotic stress affecting mass‐reared dipteran insects and the associated stress and immunological responses. Numbers indicate the order in which the topics are discussed in this review. Abstract Stress may be viewed as the disturbance of homeostasis of an organism.
Caroline K. Mirieri, Vera I.D. Ros, Adly M.M. Abd‐Alla, Monique M. van Oers   +3 more
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Abundance and Monthly Frequency of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Some Municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2015
. The present study had the objective of estimating the abundance and monthly frequency of vector phlebotomines for American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the municipalities of Saquarema, Rio Bonito, Piraí and Rio Janeiro, in the state of Rio de ...
Alfredo Carlos Rodrigues de Azevedo, Cláudia Alves de Andrade-Coelho, Vanderlei Campos da Silva, Caroline Almeida Pereira Sena, Filipe Jonas Mattos Soares de Souza, Nataly Araujo de Souza   +5 more
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Antileishmanial Activities of Carvacrol Nanoencapsulate in Biopolymeric Nanoparticles

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2025.
The study obtained biopolymeric nanoparticles containing carvacrol (NPCar) and evaluated their anti‐leishmanial activity. NPCar obtained presented physicochemical characteristics due to its ideal nanometric size and zeta potential, and low polydispersity index.
Joyce Cordeiro Borges, Anne Beatriz Cunha Barros, Leonardo Lima Cardoso, Tatjana de Lima Souza Keesen, Luís André de Almeida Campos, Isabella Macário Ferro Cavalcanti, Elisângela Afonso de Moura Kretzschmar   +6 more
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Phlebotomine sand flies in the State of Piauí, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
In 1997, 1998 and 1999 we performed several captures in the State of Piauí, in the counties of Barro Duro, Campo Maior, Castelo, Floriano, Picos, São Raimundo Nonato and Teresina. We used CDC light traps inside houses, in a primary forest and in one cave.
José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Antônio Carlos Lima da Silva, Alda Lima Falcão   +2 more
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Efectos del cambio climático sobre la distribución potencial de los flebotominos transmisores de leishmaniasis en Mérida Venezuela

Intropica, 2015
La leishmaniasis constituye un grave problema de salud pública en diferentes partes del mundo. Es conocido que los efectos del calentamiento global han aumentado en los últimos años, con la consecuente modificación, a corto y largo plazo, de los hábitats
Elsa Nieves, Maria Rujano, Héctor Ospino, Luzmary Oraá, Yorfer Rondón, Mireya Sánchez, Maritza Rondón, Yetsenia Sánchez, Masyelly Rojas, Nestor González, Dalmiro Cazorla   +10 more
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Studies on Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Campus FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica, Jacarepaguá, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015
INTRODUCTION: The presence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the communities of the Campus FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica (CFMA) in the City of Rio de Janeiro initiated the investigation of the Phlebotominae fauna in the Atlantic Forest to determine ...
Nataly Araujo de Souza, Juliana Bastos da Silva, Rodrigo Espíndola Godoy, Filipe Jonas Mattos de Souza, Cláudia Alves de Andrade-Coelho, Vanderlei Campos da Silva, Alfredo Carlos Rodrigues de Azevedo, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel   +7 more
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Unveiling Novel Arginase Inhibitors for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Using Drug Repurposing and Virtual Screening Approaches

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Volume 126, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease with a significant global health burden, particularly in developing countries, where it accounts for approximately 1.6 million new infections annually. Current therapeutic options are limited by severe adverse effects, toxicity, and drug resistance, highlighting the urgent need for novel treatment ...
Eduarda Moreira Barreto, Gabriel Rodrigues Coutinho Pereira, Isadora de Salles Arêas, Júlia Mendes Fortes, Alessandra da Silva Domingos, Lucio Mendes Cabral, Carlos Rangel Rodrigues, Alessandra Mendonça Teles de Souza, Barbara de Azevedo Abrahim‐Vieira   +8 more
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