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Seasonal variation in the prevalence of sand flies infected with Leishmania donovani. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a life threatening neglected infectious disease in the Indian subcontinent, transmitted by the bite of female sand flies. Estimation of the infectivity in the vector population, collected in different seasons, may be useful
Puja Tiwary, Dinesh Kumar, Mukesh Mishra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Madhukar Rai, Shyam Sundar   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Colonisation resistance in the sand fly gut: Leishmania protects Lutzomyia longipalpis from bacterial infection [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Phlebotomine sand flies transmit the haemoflagellate Leishmania, the causative agent of human leishmaniasis. The Leishmania promastigotes are confined to the gut lumen and are exposed to the gut microbiota within female sand flies.
Mauricio RV Sant’Anna, Hector Diaz-Albiter, Kelsilândia Aguiar-Martins, Waleed S Al Salem, Reginaldo R Cavalcante, Viv M Dillon, Paul A Bates, Fernando A Genta, Rod J Dillon   +8 more
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Identification of Toscana virus in natural population of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Moroccan leishmaniasis foci

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2022
Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are known as vectors of various pathogens such as Leishmania sp parasite and Toscana virus (TOSV). Leishmaniasis is endemic in Morocco, and TOSV is increasingly reported.
Mohamed Daoudi, Mattia Calzolari, Samia Boussaa, Paolo Bonilauri, Deborah Torri, Giuseppe Romeo, Davide Lelli, Antonio Lavazza, Mohamed Hafidi, Michele Dottori, Ali Boumezzough   +10 more
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Bartonella spp. in Phlebotominae Sand Flies, Brazil. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Bartonella spp. are opportunistic, vectorborne bacteria that can cause disease in both animals and humans. We investigated the molecular occurrence of Bartonella spp. in 634 phlebotomine sand fly specimens, belonging to 44 different sand fly species, sampled during 2017-2021 in north and northeastern Brazil. We detected Bartonella sp.
Lee DAB, Fernandes Shimabukuro PH, Brilhante AF, Cadina Arantes PV, Sanches GS, Franco EO, Machado RZ, Maggi RG, Breitschwerdt EB, André MR.   +9 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Molecular detection of Leishmania DNA in wild-caught sand flies, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia spp. in northern Iran [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Leishmaniasis is currently considered a major health problem in Iran, posing an increasing threat to society's development in various dimensions. This study aimed to detect Leishmania infection in wild-caught sand flies in Sari City, northern Iran.
Seyed Hassan Nikookar, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei, Ahmadali Enayati, Farzad Motevalli-Haghi, Mahdi Fakhar   +6 more
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Sand fly identification and screening for Leishmania spp. in six provinces of Thailand

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania spp. At least 27 species of sand flies have been recorded in Thailand. Although human leishmaniasis cases in Thailand are mainly imported, autochthonous leishmaniasis has been increasingly ...
Orawan Phuphisut, Chanyapat Nitatsukprasert, Nattaphol Pathawong, Boonsong Jaichapor, Arissara Pongsiri, Poom Adisakwattana, Alongkot Ponlawat   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sand Flies and Pathogens in the Lowlands of Emilia-Romagna (Northern Italy)

Viruses, 2022
Cases of sand fly-borne diseases in the Emilia-Romagna region, such as meningitis caused by Toscana virus and human leishmaniasis, are reported annually through dedicated surveillance systems.
Mattia Calzolari, Giuseppe Romeo, Martina Munari, Paolo Bonilauri, Roberta Taddei, Maria Sampieri, Simone Bariselli, Gianluca Rugna, Michele Dottori   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficiency of Two Capture Methods Providing Live Sand flies and Assessment the Susceptibility Status of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Foci of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Lorestan Province, Western Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2021
Background: The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficiency of two capture methods for providing live sandflies used for determining the susceptibility level of Phlebotomus papatasi, the main vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmani­asis in Lorestan
Yavar Rassi, Hamed Asadollahi, Mohammad Reza Abai, Mohammad Hassan Kayedi, Hassan Vatandoost   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishment of a Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes under Laboratory Conditions and Morphometric Variation between Wild-Caught and Laboratory-Reared Populations

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
The field-based studies on sand flies are not adequate to uncover information required for the control of the leishmaniasis through reduction of vector populations.
Tharaka Wijerathna, Nayana Gunathilaka, Kithsiri Gunawardena   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection and identification of Leishmania species within naturally infected sand flies in the Andean areas of Ecuador by a polymerase chain reaction [PDF]

, 2005
The surveillance of prevalent Leishmania and sand fly species in endemic areas is important for prediction of the risk and expansion of leishmaniasis. In this study, we developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for detection of Leishmania ...
Barroso, Paola Andrea, Calvopina, Manuel, Gomez, Eduardo, Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa, Iwata, Hiroyuki, Katakura, Ken, Kato, Hirotomo, Korenaga, Masataka, Marco, Jorge Diego, Mimori, Tatsuyuki, Nonaka, Shigeo, Uezato, Hiroshi   +11 more
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