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Oviposition in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus is modulated by host odors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus stick their eggs to a substrate.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Redescription of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) souzalopesi Martins, Silva & Falcão, 1970 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996
The authors redescribe the male and the female of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) souzalopesi Martins, Silva & Falcão, 1970. Taxonomic remarks, geographic distribution and drawings are presented.
Edelberto Santos Dias   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Description of a new species of sand fly Lutzomyia (Pressatia) mamedei n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1994
A new species of sand fly from Santa Cruz, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is described as Lutzomyia (Pressatia) mamedei.
Sandra Maria Oliveira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease surveillance and patient care in remote regions: an exploratory study of collaboration among healthcare professionals in Amazonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The development and deployment of information technology, particularly mobile tools, to support collaboration between different groups of healthcare professionals has been viewed as a promising way to improve disease surveillance and patient care in ...
Cesario, Manuel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Species-specific ecological niche modelling predicts different range contractions for Lutzomyia intermedia and a related vector of Leishmania braziliensis following climate change in South America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Before 1996 the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia neivai was usually treated as a synonym of the morphologically similar Lutzomyia intermedia, which has long been considered a vector of Leishmania braziliensis, the causative agent of much ...
Bruno M. Carvalho   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Ocorrência de flebotomíneos (diptera : psychdidae) em matas de galeria no Distrito Federal, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, 2015.O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a ocorrência de flebotomíneos em matas de galeria do Distrito Federal (DF), em diferentes ...
Ferreira, Jonatas Barbosa Cavalcante
core   +1 more source

Canine Leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2000–2015): Taxonomic Characterisation of Etiological Agents and Geospatial Case Analysis

open access: yesZoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 314-325, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Canine Leishmaniasis is a vector‐borne zoonotic disease caused by several species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. In the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Leishmania braziliensis is the most prevalent species causing tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) and Leishmania infantum is the main causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing the diversity of Sycorax Haliday, 1839 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Neotropical region: New species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

open access: yesAustral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Four new species of Sycorax Haliday, 1839 are described: Sycorax alumna sp. nov., Sycorax catarina sp. nov., Sycorax paranaensis sp. nov., and Sycorax striga sp. nov., with the females of Sycorax striga sp. nov. bearing characteristics that suggest haematophagous behaviour.
Lucas Rossito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular variation in Leishmania parasites from sandflies species of a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast of Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background & objectives: In the well-known zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus in Turkmen Sahara, border of Iran and Turkmenistan, ZCL has increased among humans in the past five years.
Parvizi, P.   +4 more
core  

American sand flies (Diptera : Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

open access: yes, 1978
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Martins, A. Vianna (Amilcar Vianna)   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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