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Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: The sandfly fauna is well studied globally. In Brazil, sandfly fauna is very diverse in the Northeast region, especially in states such as Maranhão, Ceará, and Bahia.
Maria Claudia Ribeiro Agra, Pietra Lemos Costa, Anderson Enio Silva Duque, Efraim Naftali Lopes Soares, Leucio Câmara Alves, Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos, Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho   +6 more
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IDENTIFICATION OF SANDFLIES (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) BLOOD MEALS IN AN ENDEMIC LEISHMANIASIS AREA IN BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015
SUMMARY The aim of this study was to identify blood meals of female sandflies captured in the municipality of Governador Valadares, an endemic area of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Aline TANURE, Jennifer Cunha PEIXOTO, Margarete Martins dos Santos AFONSO, Rosemere DUARTE, Aimara da Costa PINHEIRO, Suedali Villas Bôas COELHO, Ricardo Andrade BARATA   +6 more
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Bacterial Infection and Immune Responses in Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Fly Larvae Midgut [PDF]

, 2015
Citation: Heerman, M., Weng, J. L., Hurwitz, I., Durvasula, R., & Ramalho-Ortigao, M. (2015). Bacterial Infection and Immune Responses in Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Fly Larvae Midgut. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(7), 18.
Durvasula, R., Heerman, M., Hurwitz, I., Ramalho-Ortigao, Marcelo, Weng, J. L.   +4 more
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Competence of non-human primates to transmit Leishmania infantum to the invertebrate vector Lutzomyia longipalpis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide relevance. Visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in Brazil, where it is caused by Leishmania infantum with Lutzomyia longipalpis being the most important invertebrate vector. Non-human primates are susceptible
Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, G. R. Pinheiro, H. Tinoco, Maria Elvira Loyola, C. Coelho, E. Dias, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Fabiana de Oliveira Lara E Silva, A. Pessanha, A. Souza, N. C. L. Pereira, N. F. Gontijo, R. Fujiwara, Tatiane Alves da Paixão, R. Santos   +14 more
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The organization of urban areas and expansion of kala-azar [PDF]

, 2001
OBJETIVOS: verificar determinados processos que estão relacionados com a ocupação do espaço urbano e que contribuem para a ocorrência e expansão do calazar em um município de médio porte com acentuado fluxo migratório e em expansão econômica.
Andrade, Paulo Paes, Carvalho, Eduardo Freese de, Cesse, Eduarda Ângela Pessoa, Luna, Luciano, Ramalho, Walter Massa   +4 more
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Attraction of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis to possible biomarker compounds from dogs infected with Leishmania infantum

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2019
Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the primary vector of Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Americas. Studies have been carried out to identify new alternatives for monitoring and controlling this sandfly species ...
J. Magalhães-Junior, J. Magalhães-Junior, A. D. A. Oliva‐Filho, H. Novais, P. R. R. Mesquita, F. M. Rodrigues, Mara Cristina Pinto, S. M. Barrouin-Melo   +7 more
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Bionomic aspects of Lutzomyia evansi and Lutzomyia longipalpis, proven vectors of Leishmania infantum in an endemic area of non-ulcerative cutaneous leishmaniasis in Honduras

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Some Lutzomyia species are the vectors of human leishmaniasis in the Americas. Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis are both endemic in the Pacific region of Honduras, but the non-ulcerative form is the more frequent clinical manifestation in ...
Ángel Mejía, Gabriela Matamoros, Gustavo Fontecha, Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa   +3 more
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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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Susceptibility of wild-caught Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies to insecticide after an extended period of exposure in western São Paulo, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
In Brazil, members of the sand fly species complex Lutzomyia longipalpis transmit Leishmania infantum, a protist parasite that causes visceral leishmaniasis. Male Lu.
M. González, M. Bell, Scott A Bernhardt, R. Brazil, Erin Dilger, O. Courtenay, J. Hamilton   +6 more
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Davies, Clive R, Kaye, Paul, Sundar, Shyam   +3 more
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