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New molecular markers for phlebotomine sand flies [PDF]

, 2001
Using degenerate-primers PCR we isolated and sequenced fragments from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis homologous to two behavioural genes in Drosophila, cacophony and period.
P.R. de Amoretty, N.A. de Souza, Kyriacou, C.P., Lins, R.M.M.A., C.A. Gomes, Meireles-Filho, A.C.A., de Amoretty, P.R., R.M.M.A. Lins, C.P. Kyriacou, Alcobia Gomes, Célia Margarida, A.A. Peixoto, Peixoto, Alexandre Afrânio, de Souza, N.A., A.C.A. Meireles-Filho   +13 more
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Investigation of natural infection of Phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Leishmania in Tunisian endemic regions

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2021
Leishmaniases are caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania transmitted by females blood-feeding phlebotomine insects (Diptera: Psychodidae). In Tunisia, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases are of public health concern.
Melek Chaouch, Amal Chaabane, Chiraz Ayari, Souad Ben Othman, Denis Sereno, Jomaa Chemkhi, Souha BenAbderrazak   +6 more
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First inventory of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction: This study aimed to inventory the phlebotomine sandfly fauna present in the urban area of Juiz de Fora, with an emphasis on the genus Lutzomyia.
Izabella de Oliveira Pinheiro, Milton Ferreira de Castro, Murilo Gonçalves, Adilson da Costa Lima, Glênia Maria de Magalhães Campos, Adalberto Mitterofhe, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Elaine Soares Coimbra   +8 more
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Biology of visceral leishmaniasis vectors in San Andres de Sotavento focus (Cordoba Colombia). [PDF]

Throughout its range of South and Central America, visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania chagasi is transmitted by Lutzomyia longipalpis. Recently, a new vector, Lutzomyia evansi, has been discovered transmitting the parasite in ...
Montoya-Lerma, James
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Natural Leishmania (Viannia) infections of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) indicate classical and alternative transmission cycles of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Guiana Shield, Brazil

Parasite, 2017
From 1996 to 1999 multi-trapping methods (Center of Diseases Control, CDC) light traps, light-baited Shannon traps, and aspiration on tree bases) were used to study the phlebotomine fauna of the “Serra do Navio” region of the Brazilian State of Amapá ...
de Souza Adelson Alcimar Almeida, da Rocha Barata Iorlando, das Graças Soares Silva Maria, Lima José Aprígio Nunes, Jennings Yara Lúcia Lins, Ishikawa Edna Aoba Yassui, Prévot Ghislaine, Ginouves Marine, Silveira Fernando Tobias, Shaw Jeffrey, dos Santos Thiago Vasconcelos   +10 more
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First collection records of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Botswana

, 2015
Krüger, Andreas (2015): First collection records of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Botswana. African Invertebrates 56 (3): 645, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056 ...
Krüger, Andreas
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Establishment and characterization of a new continuous cell line from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and its susceptibility to infections with arboviruses and Leishmania chagasi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
Embryonic tissue explants of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva 1912) the main vector of Leishmania chagasi (Cunha and Chagas), were used to obtain a continuous cell line (Lulo).
Rey Gloria J, Ferro Cristina, Bello Felio J   +2 more
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Influência da reorganização, da limpeza do peridomicílio e a da desinsetização de edificações na densidade populacional de flebotomíneos no Município de Doutor Camargo, Estado do Paraná, Brasil Influence of rearrangement and cleaning of the peridomiciliary area and building disinsectization on sandfly population density in the municipality of Doutor Camargo, Paraná State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
Comparam-se os resultados de coletas de flebotomíneos, feitas com armadilhas de Falcão, no domicílio e em abrigos de animais domésticos no peridomicílio, antes e após a reorganização, a limpeza e a desinsetização destes ambientes.
Ueslei Teodoro, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Demilson Rodrigues dos Santos, Elcio Silvestre dos Santos, Ademar Rodrigues dos Santos, Otílio de Oliveira, João B. Kühl, Dayane Alberton   +7 more
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Infecção natural por Leishmania sp. em flebotomíneos capturados no foco de transmissão de Leishmaniose Tegumentar Americana no município de Piçarras, litoral norte do Estado de Santa Catarina e identificação específica do parasito em amostras clínicas e em cepas isoladas de pacientes. [PDF]

, 2008
TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Biológicas. Biologia.As Leishmanioses são doenças infecto-parasitárias causadas por protozoários do gênero Leishmania, que acometem cerca de 12 milhões de indivíduos em 88 países
Bittencourt, Ize de Aguiar
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Leishmaniases in Bolivia: comprehensive review and current status. [PDF]

, 2009
The leishmaniases are protozoan, zoonotic diseases transmitted to human and other mammal hosts by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies. Bolivia has the highest incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Latin America (LA), with 33 cases per 100,000 ...
Delgado, R., Parrado, Rudy, Delgado, Raúl, García, A. L., García, Ana L, Reithinger, R., Rojas, E., Delgado, Ra\ufal, Reithinger, Richard, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Dujardin, J. C., Parrado, R., Rojas, Ernesto, Garc\ueda, Ana L.   +13 more
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