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Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2020
Leishmania donovani-induced and sand fly-transmitted leishmaniasis is a growing health problem in Sri Lanka. Limited knowledge on biological and behavioral characteristics of probable vector Phlebotomus argentipes hinders disease control.
D. R. Pathirage   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Host Species Determines the Composition of the Prokaryotic Microbiota in Phlebotomus Sandflies

open access: yesPathogens, 2020
Phlebotomine sandflies are vectors of the humans’ and mammals’ parasite Leishmania spp. Although the role of gut microbiome in the biological cycle of insects is acknowledged, we still know little about the factors modulating the composition of the gut ...
C. Papadopoulos   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sand fly fauna of Crete and the description of Phlebotomus (Adlerius) creticus n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae)

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The Greek island of Crete is endemic for both visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and recently increasing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). This study summarizes published data on the sand fly fauna of Crete, the results of new sand fly samplings and the ...
Vit Dvorak   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular Identification of Leishmania Species in Phlebotomus alexandri (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Western Iran

open access: yesJournal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2020
Background: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis are common in some areas of Iran and consider as health problems. Phlebotomus alexandri has been incriminated as a suspected vector for the both form of leishmaniasis.
A. Naghian   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Limits of a rapid identification of common Mediterranean sandflies using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
A total of 131 phlebotomine Algerian sandflies have been processed in the present study. They belong to the species Phlebotomus bergeroti, Phlebotomus alexandri, Phlebotomus sergenti, Phlebotomus chabaudi, Phlebotomus riouxi, Phlebotomus perniciosus ...
Azzedine Bounamous   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The potential future change of the suitability patterns of six leishmaniasis vectors in Iran

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021
Background & objectives: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis are endemic in Iran. The aim of this study was to model the changing suitability patterns of five confirmed and one suspected leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus species resident in the country ...
Attila J Trajer
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial distribution and infection rate of leishmaniasis vectors (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Ardabil Province, Northwest of Iran

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2019
Objective: To determine the spatial distribution and infection rate of sand flies as vectors of Leishmania parasite in Ardabil province, northwest of Iran. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sand flies were collected from 30 areas
Eslam Moradi-Asl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi from Kenya: a new record

open access: yesTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1982
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76 (1982) 707-708.
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit (W.R.A.I.R)-Kenya, Box 401, A.P.O. New York 09675 USA ( host institution )   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Determination of Fauna and Monthly Activity of Sandflies in the South of Baft District, Kerman Province in 2004 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2005
In the recent years, there has been an increasing rate of kala-azar disease in the south of Baft (Kerman/Iran). A survey on the records of admitted patients in the main hospital of Kerman city from 1993- 2003 showed that from the total of 36 cases of ...
A. Aghaie Afshar   +3 more
doaj  

Entomological study of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014
Objective: To investigate the fauna and seasonal activity of different species of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry, Southern Iran, as a oil rich district. Sand flies are the
Hamzeh Alipour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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