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Expression, purification, crystallization and crystallographic study ofLutzomyia longipalpisLJL143 [PDF]

Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, 2015
Leishmaniasis is a neglected vector-borne disease with a global prevalence of over 12 million cases and 59 000 annual deaths. Transmission of the parasite requires salivary proteins, including LJL143 from the New World sandflyLutzomyia longipalpis. LJL143 is a known marker of sandfly exposure in zoonotic hosts.
Kelleher, Alan, Liu, Zhuyun, Seid, Christopher A., Zhan, Bin, Asojo, Oluwatoyin A.   +4 more
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Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Basaltic Cuesta at the hydrographic basin of the Corumbataí River, Central East Region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
A incidência das leishmanioses tegumentar e visceral americanas, em especial esta última (LVA), em hospedeiros caninos e humanos, encontra-se em crescente processo de expansão no Estado de São Paulo.
CAMARGO, Denis Adriano, CUTOLO, Adriano Antonio, CUTOLO, André Antonio, GALATI, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi, VON ZUBEN, Claudio José   +4 more
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Prostaglandin E2/Leukotriene B4 balance induced by Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva favors Leishmania infantum infection

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Eicosanoids and sand fly saliva have a critical role in the Leishmania infection. Here, we evaluated the effect of Lutzomyia longipalpis salivary gland sonicate (SGS) on neutrophil and monocyte recruitment and activation of eicosanoid ...
Théo Araújo-Santos, Deboraci Brito Prates, Jaqueline França-Costa, Nívea F Luz, Bruno B Andrade, José Carlos Miranda, Claudia I Brodskyn, Aldina Barral, Patrícia T Bozza, Valéria Matos Borges   +9 more
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Lutzomyia migonei is a permissive vector competent for Leishmania infantum [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Leishmania infantum is the most widespread etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the world, with significant mortality rates in human cases.
Jitka Myskova, Jovana Sadlova, Katerina Pruzinova, Petr Volf, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho, Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães, Vera Volfova   +6 more
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Estudo epidemiológico das leishmanioses em área de turismo ambiental e ecoturismo, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, 2006-2007 [PDF]

, 2009
The aims of this study were to carry out a serological survey of canine leishmaniasis and identify the phlebotomine fauna in the urban area of Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul.
ANDRADE, Ana Rachel Oliveira de, AQUINO, Ricardo Braga, ARRUDA, Carla Cardozo Pinto de, GALATI, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi, NUNES, Vânia Lúcia Brandão, ROCCA, Maria Elizabeth Gizi, SANTOS, Mirella Ferreira da Cunha   +6 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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Experimental infection of Lutzomyia longipalpis fed on a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1986
The authors were able to infect phlebotomine sandflies on a human case of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by feeding females of Lutzomyia longipalpis on a patient with a lesion due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis.Os autores lograram infectar ...
Leonidas M. Deane, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel, Manoel Paes-Oliveira, Gabriel Grimaldi Junior, Hooman Momen, Nataly de Souza, Eduardo D. Wermelinger, André F. Barbosa   +7 more
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The first record of Lutzomyia longipalpis in the Argentine northwest [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
In 2004, the urban presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis was recorded for the first time in Formosa province. In 2006, the first autochthonous case of human urban visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was recorded in Misiones in the presence of the vector, along with some canine VL cases.
Bravo, Andrea Gomez, Quintana, Maria Gabriela, Abril, Marcelo, Salomon, Oscar Daniel   +3 more
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Spatial dynamics of urban populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Caxias, State of Maranhão, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013
Introduction In this paper, we report the ecology of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Caxias City, located in the eastern part of State of Maranhão, Brazil and highlight its seasonal and geographical distribution by environment.
Maria do Desterro Soares Brandao Nascimento, Maria Helena Silva, Graca Maria de Castro Viana, Francisco Santos Leonardo, Geusa Felipa de Barros Bezerra, Antonia Suely Guimaraes e Silva, Valeria Cristina Pinheiro Soares, Silma Regina Ferreira Pereira, Jose Manuel Macario Rebelo, Reginaldo Pecanha Brazil   +9 more
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Isozymic and metric variation in the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 1997
Abstract Male Lutzomyia longipalpis of two types from Bolivia were compared using isozyme electrophoresis and wing morphometry. One sample ( ex Chiflonkaka Cave, alt. 2800 m at Toro Toro, Charcas Province, Potosi Department) was ‘two‐
/Dujardin, Jean-Pierre, Torrez, E.M., /Le Pont, François, Hervas, D., Sossa, D.   +4 more
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