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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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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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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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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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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the world

Parasites & Vectors
Abstract Background Checklists of zoological groups are useful to document species names in a specific area or even worldwide. They serve for various purposes, including ecological studies, conservation reports, policy and decision-making, and species identification.
Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi, de Andrade, Andrey José, Perveen, Farzana, Loyer, Mathieu, Vongphayloth, Khamsing, Randrianambinintsoa, Fano José, Prudhomme, Jorian, Rahola, Nil, Akhoundi, Mohammad, Shimabukuro, Paloma Helena Fernandes, Depaquit, Jérôme   +10 more
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Phlebotominae sand flies in Paraguay: abundance distribution in the Southeastern region

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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Geographic distribution of phlebotomine sandfly species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Central-West Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
This study updates the geographic distributions of phlebotomine species in Central-West Brazil and analyses the climatic factors associated with their occurrence.
Paulo Silva de Almeida, Andrey José de Andrade, Alan Sciamarelli, Josué Raizer, Jaqueline Aparecida Menegatti, Sandra Cristina Negreli Moreira Hermes, Maria do Socorro Laurentino de Carvalho, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves   +7 more
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Some Psychodidae (Diptera) from Atlantic Forest in South-Eastern Brazil, with descriptions of Trichomyia dolichopogon sp. nov. and Trichomyia riodocensis sp. nov.

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The family Psychodidae includes the medically important phlebotomine sand flies and four other subfamilies that have been little studied in the Neotropics. The authors here report the results of a trip to collect psychodids in Parque Estadual do Rio Doce,
B. ALEXANDER, J. M. FREITAS, L. W. QUATE
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Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Hydroelectric System Affected Area from Northern Amazonian Brazil: Further Insights into the Effects of Environmental Changes on Vector Ecology

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016
During 2012–2015, an entomological survey was conducted as part of a phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) monitoring program in an area influenced by the Santo Antônio do Jari hydroelectric system (Amapá State, Brazil). The purpose was to study aspects of
Nercy Virginia Rabelo Furtado, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Clicia Denis Galardo, Viviane Caetano Firmino, Thiago Vasconcelos dos Santos   +4 more
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