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Combining epidemiology with basic biology of sand flies, parasites, and hosts to inform leishmaniasis transmission dynamics and control. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2017
Quantitation of the nonlinear heterogeneities in Leishmania parasites, sand fly vectors, and mammalian host relationships provides insights to better understand leishmanial transmission epidemiology towards improving its control. The parasite manipulates
Orin Courtenay, Nathan C Peters, Matthew E Rogers, Caryn Bern   +3 more
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Disentangling detrimental sand fly-mite interactions in a closed laboratory sand fly colony: implications for vector-borne disease studies and guidelines for overcoming severe mite infestations [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Vector sand fly colonies are a critical component of studies aimed at improving the understanding of the neglected tropical disease leishmaniasis and alleviating its global impact.
Chukwunonso O. Nzelu, Claudio Meneses, Christina Bowhay, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Emily Bennett, Somayeh Bahrami, Brian Bonilla, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Nathan C. Peters   +9 more
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A multifaceted molecular approach to surveillance of leishmaniasis: Identification of sand fly species, Leishmania parasites, and blood meal sources using high-resolution melting analysis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leishmaniasis is a significant public health concern in large parts of the world including Israel, with limited diagnostic tools available for effective surveillance and control.
Liora Studentsky, Fouad Akad, Debora Diaz, Irina Ben Avi, Shirly Lea Elbaz, Tamar Grossman, Maya Davidovich-Cohen, Oscar David Kirstein, Laor Orshan, Gad Baneth   +9 more
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Survey of sand fly fauna in six provinces of Southern Vietnam with species identification using DNA barcoding [PDF]

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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Impact of climate and land use on the temporal variability of sand fly density in Sri Lanka: A 2-year longitudinal study. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundLeishmaniasis has emerged as an escalating public health problem in Sri Lanka, with reported cases increasing nearly three folds over past decade, from 1,367 in 2014 to 3714 cases in 2023.
Sanath C Senanayake, Prasad Liyanage, Dulani R K Pathirage, M F Raushan Siraj, B G D Nissanka Kolitha De Silva, Nadira D Karunaweera   +5 more
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Seasonal trends of sand fly abundance and Leishmania infection: The case of Bologna province, Italy (2016–2023) [PDF]

One Health
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease, caused by Leishmania parasites, transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. Recently, shifts in its geographic distribution have been observed across Europe, including Italy, with climate changes believed to influence
Juthathip Khongpetch, Giovenale Moirano, Annalisa Grisendi, Mara Scremin, Giovanna Mattei, Arianna Puggioli, Paola Angelini, Giulio Matteo, Michele Dottori, Milena Maule, Mattia Calzolari   +10 more
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Sand fly-associated phlebovirus with evidence of neutralizing antibodies in humans and dogs in Kosovo. [PDF]

Emerg Microbes Infect
Kurum E, Jakupi X, Xhekaj B, Platzgummer K, Hoxha I, Walochnik J, Dvorák V, Hajdari D, Abazi P, Obwaller AG, Stefanovska J, Cvetkovikj A, Sherifi K, Charrel R, Kniha E, Ayhan N.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cyclic resistance of fly ash influenced by anisotropic stress condition, sand contents, and gravel content

Soils and Foundations, 2022
A series of cyclic triaxial tests were performed to study the effect of anisotropic stress, sand content (in a fly ash-sand mixture), and addition of gravel on the cyclic resistance of fly ash.
Zhen-Zhen Nong, Sung-Sik Park, Sae-Byeok Lee, Peng-Ming Jiang   +3 more
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An overview of the sand fly salivary proteins in vaccine development against leishmaniases

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2022
Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases transmitted through the infected sand flies. Leishmania parasites are inoculated into the host skin along with sand fly saliva.
Shima Fayaz, Fariborz Bahrami, Parviz Parvizi, Pezhman Fard-Esfahani, Soheila Ajdary   +4 more
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Molecular Diversity between Salivary Proteins from New World and Old World Sand Flies with Emphasis on Bichromomyia olmeca, the Sand Fly Vector of Leishmania mexicana in Mesoamerica. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BACKGROUND:Sand fly saliva has been shown to have proteins with potent biological activities, salivary proteins that can be used as biomarkers of vector exposure, and salivary proteins that are candidate vaccines against different forms of leishmaniasis.
Maha Abdeladhim, Iliano V Coutinho-Abreu, Shannon Townsend, Silvia Pasos-Pinto, Laura Sanchez, Manoochehr Rasouli, Anderson B Guimaraes-Costa, Hamide Aslan, Ivo M B Francischetti, Fabiano Oliveira, Ingeborg Becker, Shaden Kamhawi, Jose M C Ribeiro, Ryan C Jochim, Jesus G Valenzuela   +14 more
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