Functional genomics in sand fly-derived Leishmania promastigotes. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 BackgroundLeishmania development in the sand fly gut leads to highly infective forms called metacyclic promastigotes. This process can be routinely mimicked in culture.
Pedro J Alcolea +5 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. [PDF]
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 +2 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 & VectorsBackground 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 +9 more
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Sand Fly Fever with Different Names. [PDF]
Journal of arthropod-borne diseases, 2017 Sand Fly Fever with Different ...
Ali Mehrabi-Tavana
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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 +14 more
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Association of Lutzomyia columbiana (Diptera: Psychodidae) with a Leishmaniasis Focus in Colombia Due to Species of the Leishmania mexicana Complex [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999 In Colombia, Leishmania mexicana has a scattered geographical distribution and no sand fly vectors have been associated with its transmission. During the present study, the anthropophilic sand fly Lutzomyia columbiana was found to be the only species ...
James Montoya-lerma +3 more
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Effect on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete made using fly ash geopolymer sand [PDF]
, 2021 Fly ash-based geopolymer fine aggregate is a potential replacement material for the natural river sand as it has similar physicochemical properties.
Thankam, Lizia G. +2 more
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Revision of the species composition and distribution of Turkish sand flies using DNA barcodes
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Currently, knowledge regarding the phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of Turkey is restricted to regions with endemic leishmaniasis.
Ozge Erisoz Kasap +4 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Phlebotomine sand flies are proven or suspected vectors of several pathogens of importance, including leishmaniasis, bartonellosis and sand fly fevers. Although sand flies have a worldwide distribution, there has been limited research published on sand ...
John Hustedt +4 more
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Water Science and Technology, 2021 Hydraulic conductivity plays a vital role in the studies encompassing explorations on flow and porous media. The study investigates the compaction characteristics of a river sand (Beas, Sutlej, and Ghaggar rivers) and fly ash mix in different proportions
Abhishish Chandel +2 more
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