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Morphological keys for the identification of Italian phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Phlebotomine sand flies are small blood-feeding insects of great medical and veterinary significance. Their identification relies basically on the microscopic examination of key morphological characters.
Filipe Dantas-Torres, Viviana Domenica Tarallo, Domenico Otranto   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Phlebotominae sand flies in Paraguay: abundance distribution in the Southeastern region [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
From September 1993 to August 2001, 7,190 phlebotomine were collected with CDC light trap in an endemic area for human leishmaniasis, in the departments of Misiones and Itapúa, Paraguay.
Salomón Oscar D, Rossi Gustavo C, Cousiño Blanca, Spinelli Gustavo R, Rojas de Arias Antonieta, López del Puerto Delfin G, Ortiz Arnaldo J   +6 more
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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) fauna in Unaí, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Leishmaniasis, a neglected disease caused by Leishmania protozoa, is transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies and has a significant public health impact.
Gabriele Zaine Teixeira Debortoli, Victor Luiz Gomes Batista, Fernanda Batista Santos, Lucas Mendes Diniz, Pedro Augusto Batista Silva, Valentine Tavares Ferreira, Carlos Augusto dos Santos Sousa, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Ricardo Andrade Barata, Thaís Rabelo Santos-Doni   +9 more
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Invertebrate-Derived DNA (iDNA) to Identify Sand Flies’ Bloodmeal: A Molecular Approach to Identifying Hosts in Blood-Feeding Vectors of Leishmaniasis [PDF]

Microorganisms
DNA metabarcoding data obtained by next generation sequencing (NGS) has been used to identify species in mixed biological samples, such as DNA from the gut content of invertebrates that feed on vertebrates (invertebrate-derived DNA, iDNA).
Bruno Oliveira Cova, Bruno Henrique Saranholi, Carla Cristina Gestich, Paulo Roberto Machado, Adriano Figueiredo Monte-Alegre, Albert Schriefer   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Urban canine leishmaniasis in an Amazonian municipality: a cross-sectional study of prevalence, distribution and phlebotomine fauna during the dry season, Brazil, 2023 [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To describe the prevalence and distribution of canine leishmaniasis and the phlebotomine fauna across the five urban neighborhoods of the Cachoeira do Piriá Amazonian municipality, Pará state, Brazil, during the dry season. Methods Dogs were
Adriana Sousa Tapajós, Luciana Pinto Oliveira, Andréa Helena Martins Amaral, Clístenes Pamplona Catete, Walter Souza Santos, Lourdes Maria Garcez   +5 more
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Diversity and natural infection of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in an endemic area of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in southeastern Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The Cacao Region spans several municipalities in the state of Bahia. It is one of the major foci of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) in Brazil.
Bruno Oliveira Cova, Livia Alves de Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Lima Machado, Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho, Adriano Figueiredo Monte-Alegre, Albert Schriefer   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring Emerging Challenges: Survey on Phlebotomine Sand Flies and Leishmania infantum at the Northern Endemic Border in Europe [PDF]

Pathogens
Although Switzerland is currently not endemic for canine leishmaniosis (CanL), imported cases of this emerging zoonosis are regularly detected. Also, phlebotomine sand flies, vectors of the causative agent Leishmania infantum, are present in the southern
Damiana Ravasi, Manuela Schnyder, Valeria Guidi, Tim Haye, Diego Parrondo Monton, Eleonora Flacio   +5 more
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First Report of Autochthonous Canine Leishmaniasis in Hong Kong

Microorganisms, 2022
Canine leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Leishmania infantum; transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. Leishmania infantum amastigotes were identified by cytology from a locally born Hong Kong dog exhibiting nasal, cutaneous, and ...
Jeanine Sandy, Anthony Matthews, Yaarit Nachum-Biala, Gad Baneth   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal [PDF]

, 2013
Phlebotomine sandflies of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World. It has been suggested that Sergentomyia spp are involved in the transmission of Leishmania in India and Africa, whereas Phlebotomus spp are thought to be ...
Afonso, Maria Odete, Campino, Lenea, Cortes, Sofia, Dionisio, Lidia, Maia, Carla, Neto, Luis   +5 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis: An uncommon finding in South-South Nigeria

Sahel Medical Journal, 2020
Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, is of public health significance, especially in the North-West and North-East Nigeria,which forms the belt of the disease in the country.
Benson Uchechukwu Okwara, Edesiri Ejovwoke Ighorodje   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source