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Description of a new species, Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp., a phlebotomine fossil from Dominican Republic amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Parasites & Vectors, 2009
Background Phlebotomine sandflies are the vectors of etiological agents of leishmaniases in several areas of the world. In the Neotropical Region, the biodiversity of these insects is more than other regions, probably due the long evolutionary period of ...
Sanguinette Cristiani, Serra e Meira Paula, Filho José, Brazil Reginaldo   +3 more
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Phlebotominae spatial distribution asssociated with a focus of tegumentary leishmaniasis in Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina, 2002

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina, reported 96 cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis during 2002. The urban transmission was suggested although previous outbreaks were related with floods of the Bermejo river (BR) 50 km from the village.
Oscar Daniel Salomón, Pablo Wenceslao Orellano, Mario Lamfri, Marcelo Scavuzzo, Lucía Dri, María Isabel Farace, Darío Ozuna Quintana   +6 more
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Chinese phlebotomine sandflies of subgenus

, 2014
Four species of Adlerius phlebotomine sandflies have been recorded in China, namely : P. chinensis Newstead, 1916 (Pc); P. fengi Leng & Zhang, 1994; P. longiductus Parrot, 1928 and P.
Yan Jia Leng, Ling Min Zhang
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Effect of deltamethrin spraying on the sandfly populations in a focus of American cutaneous leismaniasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1991
The effect of deltamethrin of the sandfly population in a focus of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Viana, Espírito Santo State is desvribed. The phlebotomine population density was determined inside and outside houses during a one year period in a ...
Alda Lima Falcão, Alberto Rocha Falcão, Claudio Teixeira Pinto, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Aloísio Falqueto   +4 more
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Competence of non-human primates to transmit Leishmania infantum to the invertebrate vector Lutzomyia longipalpis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide relevance. Visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in Brazil, where it is caused by Leishmania infantum with Lutzomyia longipalpis being the most important invertebrate vector. Non-human primates are susceptible
Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Guilherme Rafael Gomide Pinheiro, Herlandes P Tinoco, Maria Elvira Loyola, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Edelberto Santos Dias, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Fabiana de Oliveira Lara E Silva, Angela Tinoco Pessanha, Andreza Geisiane Maia Souza, Nathália Cristina Lima Pereira, Nelder F Gontijo, Ricardo T Fujiwara, Tatiane Alves da Paixão, Renato Lima Santos   +14 more
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Species and public health relevance of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in an endemic area of tegumentary leishmaniasis in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Ciência Rural
: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are small dipterans of significant public health importance, as they serve as vectors mainly for Leishmania spp. protozoa in humans and animals.
Pedro Armando Meneghesso, Jéssica de Moraes Santana, Artur Yuiti Shimada de Carvalho, João Augusto Franco Leonel, Beatriz Augusta Pereira, Julia Cristina Benassi, Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira   +6 more
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Phlebotomine mortality effect of systemic insecticides administered to dogs

BACKGROUND: Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum is an important disease in humans and dogs. Different mammal species are reservoirs but dogs are considered to be
Lucientes Curdi, Javier, Ortega Hernandez, Paula, Ares Gómez, Sonia, Oropeza Velasquez, Ronald Vladimir, Esteban Gil, Adriana, Peris Peris, Paz, Castillo Hernández, Juan Antonio, Picado, Albert   +7 more
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Leishmania DNA detection and species characterization within phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) from a peridomicile-forest gradient in an Amazonian/Guianan bordering area.

PLoS ONE, 2019
In the border region between Brazil and French Guiana, American cutaneous leishmaniasis is a worrisome public health issue, and entomological studies are required there to better identify classical and putative emerging transmission patterns. The present
Thiago Vasconcelos Dos Santos, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Thais Araújo-Pereira, Constança Britto, Fernando Tobias Silveira, Marinete Marins Póvoa, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel   +6 more
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The phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Guaraí, state of Tocantins, with an emphasis on the putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural settlement and periurban areas

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Phlebotomine sandflies were captured in rural settlement and periurban areas of the municipality of Guaraí in the state of Tocantins (TO), an endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL).
Maurício Luiz Vilela, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Carina Graser Azevedo, Rodrigo Espíndola Godoy, Constança Britto, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel   +5 more
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Temporal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Flies Population in Response to Ambient Temperature Variation, Bam, Kerman Province of Iran

Annals of Global Health, 2017
BackgroundVariations in climate condition may have changed the dynamic of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) and its agents such as sand flies and reservoir in the Bam Kerman the dry region of Iran.ObjectivesIn this study we intend to examine the ...
Mansour Halimi, Zahra Zarei Cheghabaleki, Mohammad Jafari Modrek, Mahdi Delavari   +3 more
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