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Species, Natural Leishmania spp. Detection and Blood Meal Sources of Phlebotomine Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Peridomiciles from a Leishmaniases Endemic Area of Brazil

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Leishmaniases are important neglected tropical diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania spp. The female sandflies bite (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) is the main transmission form in the epidemiological chains of these diseases.
João Augusto Franco Leonel, Geovanna Vioti, Maria Luana Alves, Julio Cesar Pereira Spada, Alex Kazuo Yamaguchi, Nuno Wolfgang Balbini Pereira, Diogo Tiago da Silva, Julia Cristina Benassi, Fredy Galvis-Ovallos, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Wilma Aparecida Starke-Buzetti, Rodrigo Martins Soares, Heidge Fukumasu, Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira, Mohammad M. A. Faridi   +14 more
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Role of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) in the epidemiology of urban visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil [PDF]

, 2002
Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) is a serious public health problem in several Brazilian cities. Although the proximity of chicken houses is often cited as a risk factor in studies of urban ZVL, the role chickens play in the epidemiology of the ...
Adler, Arias, Brazil, Bruce Alexander, Campbell-Lendrum, Cerf, Cohen, Diekmann, Dobson, El-Naiem, Fedde, Ferro, Genaro, Guarneri, Hamish McCallum, Hess, Kelly, Kierszenbaum, Lane, Leishmania, Marcos Horácio Pereira, Marzochi, Monteiro, Morrison, Morton, Pennacci, Quinnell, Quinnell, Ready, Renata Lopes de Carvalho, Ribeiro, Ribeiro, Rodrigues, Schlein, Schlein, Sherlock, Teesdale, Ward, Woke, Woolhouse, Zilberstein   +40 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis in border areas: clustered distribution of phlebotomine sand flies in Clorinda, Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
Three years after the first report of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Clorinda, Argentina, a border city near Asunción, Paraguay, the city was surveyed again. Lu.
Oscar D Salomón, María G Quintana, Mario R Bruno, Ricardo V Quiriconi, Viviana Cabral   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sandfly saliva of Lutzomyia ovallesi (Diptera: Psychodidae) as a possible marker for the transmission of Leishmania in Venezuela Andes region [PDF]

, 2012
Background & objectives: The saliva of the Phlebotominae is highly immunogenic to the vertebrate host and isa determining factor in the Leishmania infection.
E. Nieves , Y. Sánchez , H. Sánchez , M. Rondón, N. González & J. Carrero
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Aislamiento reproductivo asimétrico entre Lutzomyia pseudolongipalpis y Lutzomyia longipalpis (especie C2), vectores neotropicales de leishmaniasis visceral (Diptera: Pshychodidae)

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2009
Lutzomyia pseudolongipalpis y Lutzomyia longipalpis (especie C2, L. n. sp) son dos especies de flebotominos vectores endémicos de Venezuela, simpátricas, monofiléticas, con profundas divergencias, morfológicamente diferentes y pertenecientes al complejo ...
Jazzmin Arrivillaga, Patricia Salerno, Yadira Rangel   +2 more
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Characterization of a midgut mucin-like glycoconjugate of Lutzomyia longipalpis with a potential role in Leishmania attachment [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Leishmania parasites are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies and a crucial step in their life-cycle is the binding to the sand fly midgut.
Bates, Paul A., Dostálová, Anna, Halada, Petr, Myšková, Jitka, Pěničková, Lucie, Volf, Petr   +5 more
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The presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in a focus of American visceral leishmaniasis where the only proven vector is Lutzomyia cruzi. Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul State

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003
The present communication reports the presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, where the principal vector is Lutzomyia cruzi.
Soraya Oliveira dos Santos, Jorge R. Arias, Marta de Paiva Hoffmann, Mara Beatriz Grotta Furlan, Wilson Francisco Ferreira, Claucio Pereira, Lourival Ferreira   +6 more
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Evidência de transmissão de leishmaniose visceral por Lutzomyia cruzi no município de Jaciara, Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUÇÃO: O município de Jaciara foi classificado em 2003, como área de transmissão de leishmaniose visceral em situação de surto. O trabalho objetivou determinar evidência de transmissão de Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi por Lutzomyia cruzi ...
Nanci Akemi Missawa, Márcia Aurélia Esser Veloso, Giovana Belem Moreira Lima Maciel, Érika Monteiro Michalsky, Edelberto Santos Dias   +4 more
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[Lutzomyia longipalpis and Leishmaniasis visceral in Argentina].

Medicina, 2001
Lutzomyia longipalpis is reported for the second time after 50 years in Misiones Province, Argentina. This insect is the vector of Leishmania (L.) chagasi, visceral leishmaniasis' parasite. The literature concerning the 16 visceral leishmaniasis cases in the country is reviewed.
O D, Salomón, S, Sosa Estani, G C, Rossi, G R, Spinelli   +3 more
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Flebotomíneos (Diptera, Psychodidae) de área endêmica de leishmaniose na região dos cerrados, Estado do Maranhão, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Apresentam-se dez espécies do gênero Lutzomyia França, 1924, encontradas nos cerrados do nordeste maranhense. As capturas foram realizadas das 18h às 6h, uma vez por mês, durante nove meses, nos municípios de Aldeias Altas, Capinzal do Norte, Caxias ...
José Manuel Macário Rebêlo, Francisco Santos Leonardo, Jackson Maurício Lopes Costa, Yrla Nívea Oliveira Pereira, Francinaldo Soares Silva   +4 more
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