Inhibition of trypsin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis using RNAi enhances the survival of Leishmania [PDF]
, 2009 Background Leishmania parasites must overcome several barriers to achieve transmission by their sand fly vectors. One of the earliest threats is exposure to enzymes during blood meal digestion.
Rod J Dillon +17 more
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Chicken blood provides a suitable meal for the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis and does not inhibit Leishmania development in the gut [PDF]
, 2010 Background The aim of this study was to address the role of chickens as bloodmeal sources for female Lutzomyia longipalpis and to test whether chicken blood is harmful to Leishmania parasite development within the sand flies.
Diaz-Albiter Hector M +27 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008 Phlebotomine sand flies are often captured with human bait and/or light traps, either with or without an animal bait. More recently, synthetic attractants have been used as bait in traps to improve the capture of phlebotomine sand flies as well as other ...
Andrey J Andrade +4 more
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Investigation of the bacterial communities associated with females of Lutzomyia sand fly species from South America. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania that are acquired by the female sand fly during blood feeding on an infected mammal. Leishmania parasites develop exclusively in the gut lumen during their residence in the insect before transmission to a
Mauricio R V Sant'Anna +6 more
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Reactive oxygen species scavenging by catalase is important for female lutzomyia longipalpis fecundity and mortality [PDF]
, 2011 The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), the disseminated and most serious form of the disease in Central and South America.
Roanna Mitford +20 more
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Natural infection of the sand fly
Parasites & Vectors, 2010 The natural infection of phlebotomine sand flies by Leishmania parasites was surveyed in a desert area of Pakistan where cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic.
Iwata Hiroyuki +7 more
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Topical insecticide treatments to protect dogs from sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis. [PDF]
, 2001 We compared the susceptibility of sand fly vectors to four topical insecticide treatments applied to domestic dogs, a reservoir of human leishmaniasis. Dogs were exposed to sand flies pretreatment and at 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months posttreatment.
Teodoro, U +5 more
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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 +6 more
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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the province of Chaco, Argentina [PDF]
Neotropical Entomology, 2010 The phlebotomine sandflies of the province of Chaco, Argentina, are poorly known, with reports from more than 40 years or captures related with outbreaks of leishmaniasis. In here, Mycropygomyia peresi (Mangabeira) is reported for the first time in Argentina, extending the known dstribution of Migonemyia migonei (França), Evandromyia sallesi (Galvão ...
Rosa, Juan R. +7 more
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The role of surface glycoconjugates in Leishmania midgut attachment examined by competitive binding assays and experimental development in sand flies [PDF]
, 2013 SUMMARY Binding of promastigotes to the sand fly midgut epithelium is regarded as an essential part of the Leishmania life cycle in the vector. Among Leishmania surface molecules putatively involved in attachment to the sand fly midgut, two GPI-anchored ...
Jecna, Lucie +13 more
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