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Viola phlebovirus is a novel Phlebotomus fever serogroup member identified in Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis from Brazilian Pantanal [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background High throughput sequencing (HTS) boosted the discovery of novel viruses and new variants of known viruses. Here we investigated the presence of viruses in 12 pools of sand flies captured in three climatic periods in RAPELD grids at Rio Claro ...
Michellen S. de Carvalho, Andressa Z. de Lara Pinto, Aquirya Pinheiro, Jorge S. V. Rodrigues, Fernando L. Melo, Leonardo Assis da Silva, Bergmann M. Ribeiro, Renata Dezengrini-Slhessarenko   +7 more
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In silico assessment of 4 methoxypelargonidin and luteolinidin from Parthenium hysterophorous as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors of Phlebotomus Papatasi [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Phlebotomus papatasi is a vector of various health risk diseases, such as sandfly fever and leishmaniasis. Chemical-based insecticides appear to be effective against the vector but are harmful to non-targeted organisms and the environment.
Heena Choudhary, Parshant, Aman Saket, Shivani Singh, Ravi Sankar Kumar.CH, T. Srinivasan, Ravindra Shukla   +6 more
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Using deep learning artificial intelligence for sex identification and taxonomy of sand fly species. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Sandflies are vectors for several tropical diseases such as leishmaniasis, bartonellosis, and sandfly fever. Moreover, sandflies exhibit species-specificity in transmitting particular pathogen species, with females being responsible for disease ...
Mohammad Fraiwan, Rami Mukbel, Dania Kanaan   +2 more
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Efficient Convolutional Neural Network Model for the Taxonomy and Sex Identification of Three Phlebotomine Sandfly Species (Diptera, Psychodidae, and Phlebotominae) [PDF]

Animals
Sandflies, small insects primarily from the Psychodidae family, are commonly found in sandy, tropical, and subtropical regions. Most active during dawn and dusk, female sandflies feed on blood to facilitate egg production.
Mohammad Fraiwan
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Mapping of risk prone areas of kala-azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) in parts of Bihar state, India: an RS and GIS approach [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2006
Background & objectives: The kala-azar fever (Visceral leishmaniasis) is continuing unabated inIndia for over a century, now being largely confined to the eastern part of India mainly in Bihar stateand to some extent in its bordering states like West ...
S. Sudhakar, T. Srinivas, A. Palit, S.K. Karc, S.K. Battacharya
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Of cattle, sand flies and men : a systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Studies performed over the past decade have identified fairly consistent epidemiological patterns of risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent.
A Nandy, A Palit, A Palit, A Ranjan, AK Chakravarty, AK Mukhopadhyay, AK Mukhopadhyay, B Alexander, B Alten, B Basak, B Bucheton, BJ Cerf, BL Travi, C Bern, C Bern, C Bern, C Bern, C Bern, C Donovan, C Dye, C Tortajada, Caryn Bern, CH Costa, CP Thakur, D Bora, D Lewis, DS Dinesh, DS Dinesh, DW Kelly, DW Kelly, EE Zijlstra, F Chappuis, GM Anstead, H Reyburn, H Shortt, HE Shortt, J Alvar, J Alvar, J Ordonez Gonzalez, JH Kolaczinski, JM Blackwell, Jorge Alvar, K Ghosh, K Rahman, K Schenkel, KN Ghosh, KN Ghosh, L Jalouk, L Moral, L Napier, L Napier, L Srivastava, LE Napier, LJ Kennedy, M Addy, M Boelaert, M Elias, M Kundu, M Rukunuzzaman, Marleen Boelaert, MC Sharma, MD Feliciangeli, MR Yaghoobi-Ershadi, O Courtenay, O Courtenay, Orin Courtenay, P Barnett, P Sivaprakasam, PC Sen Gupta, PC Sen Gupta, PC Sen Gupta, R Badaro, R Kumar, R Molina, R Molina, R Singh, R Smith, RC Dhiman, RC Dhiman, RJ Quinnell, RJ Quinnell, RJ Quinnell, RK Sanyal, RK Singh, RP Lane, S Christophers, S Kesari, S Saha, S Sundar, S Sundar, SK Bhattacharya, SM Kaul, SMB Jeronimo, TM Karplus, V Kumar, V Ramesh   +95 more
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Phleboviruses (Family: Phenuiviridae) Worldwide, with Emphasis on the Middle East: A Systematic Review Study [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023
Background: The prevalence of arboviruses is increasing worldwide. Their vectors are widely distributed in different continents of the world. Despite the importance of the phleboviruses, unfortunately data about the spread of the viruses in human and ...
Zahra Nasiri, Mohsen Kalantari, Masoumeh Amin, Salman Daliri, Kourosh Azizi   +4 more
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Phlebotomine sand flies in Southwest Germany: an update with records in new locations

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Vector-borne diseases (VBD) are of growing global importance. Sand flies are potential vectors for phleboviruses (family Phenuiviridae) including Toscana virus (TOSV), Sicilian virus, Sandfly fever, Naples virus, and Leishmania parasites in ...
Sandra Oerther, Hanna Jöst, Anna Heitmann, Renke Lühken, Andreas Krüger, Irmgard Steinhausen, Christine Brinker, Susanne Lorentz, Michael Marx, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Torsten Naucke, Norbert Becker   +11 more
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Isolation and Identification of a Novel Phlebovirus, Hedi Virus, from Sandflies Collected in China

Viruses, 2021
We report the isolation of a newly recognized phlebovirus, Hedi virus (HEDV), from Phlebotomus chinensis sandflies collected in Shanxi Province, China. The virus’ RNA is comprised of three segments.
Ziqian Xu, Na Fan, Xin Hou, Jing Wang, Shihong Fu, Jingdong Song, Mang Shi, Guodong Liang   +7 more
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THE DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF HUMAN INFECTION WITH PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER GROUP VIRUSES IN IRAN [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1976
A total of 1,497 serum and blood specimens from residents of 18 different Iranian communities were examined by plaque reduction neutralization test for antibodies against four (Neaples, Sicilian, Karimabad and Salehabad) Phlebotomus fever virus serotypes.
R. Tesh. S. Saidi, E. Javadian, A. Nadim, M.A. Seedi-Rashti   +3 more
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