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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
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Attractiveness of black Shannon trap for phlebotomines [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
A white Shannon-type trap was used for captures of female sand flies in the search for natural infection with flagellates, however, due to its low productivity and as a large number of phlebotomines settled on the researchers' black clothes, we decided to compare the relative attractiveness of black and white Shannon-type traps for sand flies.
Galati, EAB, Nunes, VLB, Dorval, MEC, Cristaldo, G, Rocha, HC, Gonçalves-Andrade, RM, Naufel, G   +6 more
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Phylogenetic relations among Mexican phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and their divergence time estimation.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) have biological relevance as vectors of several pathogens. To ensure periodic entomological monitoring it is necessary to have efficient and accurate tools for an adequate taxonomic ...
Yokomi N Lozano-Sardaneta, Jesús A Díaz-Cruz, Vicente Viveros-Santos, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Herón Huerta, Carlos F Marina, Pedro C Mis-Ávila, Maribel Martínez-Burgos, Jorge A Torres-Monzón, Víctor Sánchez-Cordero, Ingeborg Becker   +10 more
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Species structure of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna in the Brazilian western Amazon

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
We surveyed areas of the state of Rondônia in western Amazon for phlebotomine, which are potential vectors of leishmaniasis. A total of 5,998 specimens were captured, resulting in the identification of 48 species within the Lutzomyia (99.98%) and ...
Luiz Herman Soares Gil, Maisa da Silva Araújo, Juan Miguel Villalobos, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Luiz Shozo Ozaki, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla, Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa, Rafael Mesquita Cruz, Alexandre de Almeida e Silva, Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva   +10 more
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Broader Geographical Distribution of Toscana Virus in the Mediterranean Region Suggests the Existence of Larger Varieties of Sand Fly Vectors

Microorganisms, 2020
Toscana virus (TOSV) is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, where it is transmitted by sand flies. TOSV can infect humans and cause febrile illness as well as neuroinvasive infections affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. Although TOSV is
Nazli Ayhan, Jorian Prudhomme, Lison Laroche, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Remi N. Charrel   +4 more
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Dispersal of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a colombian focus of leishmania (Viannia) brasiliensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
Dispersal of five species of phlebotomine sand flies was studied in a coffee plantation near Arboledas, Colombia by mark-release-recapture studies using fluorescent powders. The estimated recapture rate for males of Lutzomyia shannoni marked and released
Bruce Alexander, David G. Young
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Attraction of phlebotomine sandflies to volatiles from skin odors of individuals residing in an endemic area of tegumentary leishmaniasis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Many studies have investigated what could attract insects of medical importance and a crucial role has lately been attributed to human skin odors.
Diva da Silva Tavares, Vanessa Riesz Salgado, José Carlos Miranda, Paulo R R Mesquita, Frederico de Medeiros Rodrigues, Manoel Barral-Netto, Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade, Aldina Barral   +7 more
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Diversity of sandflies (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) captured in sandstone caves from Central Amazonia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
In the present paper we describe the diversity of phlebotomine sandflies collected in three sandstone caves in the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo, state of Amazonas, Brazil. The phlebotomines were captured during 2006 with CDC light traps.
Veracilda Ribeiro Alves, Rui Alves de Freitas, Francisco Lima Santos, Toby Vincent Barrett   +3 more
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Comparison of the phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of urban, transitional, and wild areas in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Phlebotomines are directly related to the study of leishmaniases, and so the study of their distribution plays an important role in the epidemiology of these diseases.
Cristiani de Castilho Sanguinette, Danyele Franca da Silva, Rodolfo German Antonelli Vidal Stumpp, Felipe Dutra Rego, Gabriel Barbosa Tonelli, Aline Tanure, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho   +7 more
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Sampling methods for phlebotomine sandflies [PDF]

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2000
Summary A review is presented of methods for sampling phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae). Among ∼500 species of Phlebotominae so far described, mostly in the New World genus Lutzomyia and the Old World genus Phlebotomus ...
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