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Relationships of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera) [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993
The status of phlebotomine sand flies in relationship to the family Psychodidae (Diptera) is reviewed. It is concluded that sand flies should be given familial recognition as Phlebotomidae, divided into the subfamilies Phlebotominae and Bruchomyiinae. A comparison is made between the evolution of Psychodidae and Phlebotomidae, and it is concluded that ...
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Toward Fully Soft and Multifunctional Shape Sensing via Optical Waveguide Arrays

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work develops a sheet made with arrays of soft optical fibers that can reconstruct its 3D surface shape. Synergy of the waveguides’ responses to bending and pressing force allows shape reconstruction with resilience to damage. Applied onto surfaces of robotic or living systems, our design can be implemented in virtual reality, teleoperation ...
Qifan Yu, Nina Cao, Kaitlyn Becker
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Survey of sand fly fauna in six provinces of Southern Vietnam with species identification using DNA barcoding

Parasites & Vectors
Background Sand flies, belonging to the Psychodidae family, represent small, hairy insects that serve as significant vectors in various important medical and veterinary diseases.
Trang Thuy Nguyen, Yudhi Ratna Nugraheni, Hoang Lan Anh Nguyen, Apinya Arnuphapprasert, Theerakamol Pengsakul, Le Quang Thong, Rinnara Ampol, Padet Siriyasatien, Morakot Kaewthamasorn   +8 more
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Application of RFLP-PCR-Based Identification for Sand Fly Surveillance in an Area Endemic for Kala-Azar in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2012
Mymensingh is the most endemic district for kala-azar in Bangladesh. Phlebotomus argentipes remains the only known vector although a number of sand fly species are prevalent in this area.
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Hirotomo Kato, Mizuho Fukushige, Yukiko Wagatsuma, Makoto Itoh   +4 more
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Visceral leishmaniasis on the Indian Subcontinent: Efficacy of fipronil-based cattle treatment in controlling sand fly populations is dependent on specific aspects of sand fly ecology.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a deadly disease transmitted by the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes on the Indian subcontinent, with a promising means of vector control being orally treating cattle with fipronil-based drugs.
David M Poché, Hsiao-Hsuan Wang, William E Grant   +2 more
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About the Parasitism of the Bird’s Blood Flies (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) on the Sand Martin (Riparia riparia (L., 1758)) in the European Part of Russia

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2020
The purpose of the research is to study of the species composition and frequency of occurrence of bird’s blood flies (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) parasitizing on sand martin (Riparia riparia (L., 1758)) in the European part of Russia.Materials and methods ...
A. V. Pavlov, Yu. A. Bykov, A. V. Matyukhin   +2 more
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First Detection and Molecular Analysis of Leishmania infantum DNA in Sand Flies of Kosovo

Pathogens, 2023
Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are the principal vectors of phleboviruses and Leishmania spp., the causative agents of leishmaniases. The Mediterranean sand fly fauna is diverse, and leishmaniasis, mainly caused by Leishmania infantum, is
Betim Xhekaj, Ina Hoxha, Katharina Platzgummer, Edwin Kniha, Julia Walochnik, Kurtesh Sherifi, Agim Rexhepi, Behlul Behluli, Vit Dvořák, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Adelheid G. Obwaller, Wolfgang Poeppl, Jovana Stefanovska, Aleksandar Cvetkovikj   +13 more
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New molecular markers for phlebotomine sand flies [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology, 2001
Using degenerate-primers PCR we isolated and sequenced fragments from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis homologous to two behavioural genes in Drosophila, cacophony and period. In addition we identified a number of other gene fragments that show homology to genes previously cloned in Drosophila. A codon usage table for L.
Peixoto, Alexandre Afrânio, Alcobia Gomes, Célia Margarida, de Amoretty, P.R., Lins, R.M.M.A., Meireles-Filho, A.C.A., de Souza, N.A., Kyriacou, C.P.   +6 more
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Reproductive stages in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) occur earlier with increasing temperature

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Climate change is altering the timing of many plant phenological events, yet most studies focus on flowering, with less attention given to later reproductive stages such as fruit development and ripening. Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) is an important perennial berry species that may be sensitive to these changes.
Jenna Floyd, Elise Cadiou, Alain G. Belliveau, Zoe A. Panchen, Terrell T. Roulston, Zoë Migicovsky   +5 more
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Sand-flies and Kala-azar [PDF]

Nature, 1927
IN the issue of NATURE dated Mar. 26, p. 460, there is a letter from the Kala-azar Commission of the Royal Society working in north China in which the claim is made that for the first time an infection with kala-azar has been produced by means of the intraperitoneal inoculation of the midgut contents of the genus Phlebotomus into an experimental animal.
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