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Natural Breeding Places for Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Semiarid Region of Bahia State, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012
Few microhabitats have been previously identified as natural breeding places for phlebotomine sand flies so far, and little is known about the influence of climate variables in their density.
Bruno Sangiorgi, Daniel Neves Miranda, Diego Ferreira Oliveira, Edivaldo Passos Santos, Fernanda Regis Gomes, Edna Oliveira Santos, Aldina Barral, José Carlos Miranda   +7 more
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DNA barcoding for the identification of sand fly species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in Colombia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Sand flies include a group of insects that are of medical importance and that vary in geographic distribution, ecology, and pathogen transmission. Approximately 163 species of sand flies have been reported in Colombia.
María Angélica Contreras Gutiérrez, Rafael J Vivero, Iván D Vélez, Charles H Porter, Sandra Uribe   +4 more
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The Checklist and Distribution of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Guilan Province and Their Medical Importance With a Taxonomic Note on the Name Sergentomyia murgabiensis sintoni

Caspian Journal of Health Research, 2023
Background: Different forms of leishmaniasis are important infectious diseases in Iran. While Rudbar County of Guilan Province has been introduced as a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, there are few published data about the phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:
Shahyad Azari-Hamidian, Behzad Norouzi, Hannaneh Maleki   +2 more
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First report of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Kansas and Missouri, and a PCR method to distinguish Lutzomyia shannoni from Lutzomyia vexator

, 2012
Citation: Weng, Ju-Lin, Samantha L. Young, David M. Gordon, David Claborn, Christine Petersen, and Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao. 2012. “First Report of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Kansas and Missouri, and a PCR Method to Distinguish ...
Ramalho-Ortigão, Marcelo, Petersen, Christine, Weng, Ju-Lin, Claborn, David, Young, Samatha L., Gordon, David M.   +5 more
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sand-flies

, 1973
sand-fly. . . but the multitudes of moschetos and sand-flies are intolerable grievances.PRINTED ITEM W.J.

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Leishmania typing DNA in infected sand flies.

, 2020
Leishmania typing DNA in infected sand flies.
Najla Chargui (8626032), Maribel Jiménez (22374), Yassine Chaabouni (8626044), Ricardo Molina (505031), Estela González (2269978), Raja Chaabane-Banaouas (8626035), Mohsen Haddaji (8626041), Najoua Haouas (708064), Eya Ben Salah (8626038), Latifa Remadi (8626029), Hamouda Babba (102069)   +10 more
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Seasonal and Physiological Variations of Phlebotomus papatasi Salivary Gland Antigens in Central Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2016
Background: Sand fly saliva helps parasite establishment and induce immune responses in vertebrate hosts. In the current study, we investigated the modulation of Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland antigen expression by sea­sonal and biological factors.
Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei, AhmadReza Mahmoudi, Ali Khamesipour, MohammadReza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G Valenzuela, MohammadHossein Arandian, Hossein Mirhendi, Shaghayegh Emami, Zahra Saeidi, Farah Idali, Reza Jafari, Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani, AmirAhmad Akhavan   +13 more
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Molecular detection of Leishmania DNA in wild-caught sand flies, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia spp. in northern Iran

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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Detection of a Novel Phlebovirus (Drin Virus) from Sand Flies in Albania

Viruses, 2019
Phlebotomine sand flies are generalist vectors with significant implications for public health. They are able to transmit phleboviruses that cause sand fly fever, headaches, or meningitis in humans. Albania is a country in Southeast Europe with a typical
Silvia Bino, Enkelejda Velo, Përparim Kadriaj, Majlinda Kota, Gregory Moureau, Xavier de Lamballerie, Ani Bagramian, Remi N. Charrel, Nazli Ayhan   +8 more
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Evolutionary rate of salivary proteins in New World sand flies.

, 2016
The evolutionary properties of salivary proteins measured by (A) mean amino acid divergence (1—identity) and (B) the mean rate of non-synonymous over the rate of synonymous replacements (ω) of protein families unique to New World sand flies as well as ...
Shannon Townsend (3154665), Jesus G. Valenzuela (44889), Maha Abdeladhim (118736), Jose M. C. Ribeiro (3154671), Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu (359256), Ryan C. Jochim (123584), Ingeborg Becker (35763), Laura Sanchez (343098), Fabiano Oliveira (41562), Silvia Pasos-Pinto (3154677), Shaden Kamhawi (35598), Manoochehr Rasouli (3154674), Anderson B. Guimaraes-Costa (3154668), Ivo M. B. Francischetti (114544), Hamide Aslan (795555)   +14 more
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