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The potentiality of botanicals and their products as an alternative to chemical insecticides to sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae): A review

open access: yes, 2020
Use of chemical pesticides is the current method for controlling sandflies. However, resistance is being developed in sandflies against the insecticide of choice that is DDT (dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane).
Vijay Kumari   +4 more
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First collection records of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Botswana

open access: yes, 2015
Krüger, Andreas (2015): First collection records of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Botswana. African Invertebrates 56 (3): 645, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056 ...
Krüger, Andreas
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Effect of village-wide use of long-lasting insecticidal nets on visceral Leishmaniasis vectors in India and Nepal: a cluster randomized trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control in the Indian subcontinent is currently based on case detection and treatment, and on vector control using indoor residual spraying (IRS).
Mark Rowland   +54 more
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Acoustic communication in insect disease vectors

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Acoustic signalling has been extensively studied in insect species, which has led to a better understanding of sexual communication, sexual selection and modes of speciation.
Felipe de Mello Vigoder   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deltamethrin-impregnated bednets reduce human landing rates of sandfly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis in Amazon households

open access: yes, 2007
The entomological efficacy of using 25% deltamethrin EC insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) was evaluated against the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz and Neiva (Diptera: Psychodidae), the principal vector of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) in ...
Davies, CR   +14 more
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Lutzomyia longipalpis and the eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil: a review

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
An historical review is given of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), with particular reference to the eco-epidemiology of the disease in Brazil. Following the first records of AVL in this country, in 1934, the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and ...
Ralph Lainson, Elizabeth F Rangel
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Control of phlebotomine sandflies and the latest development in this field [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Sokmaları oldukça rahatsız edici olan tatarcıklar, başta leishmaniasis olmak üzere bir çok hastalık etkenini taşımaları nedeniyle bir çok ülkede halk sağlığı açısından sorun oluşturmaktadır. Bu nedenle ciddi kontrol önlemleri almak gerekmektedir.
Yaman, Mehmet
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Genetic divergence between two sympatric species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex in the paralytic gene, a locus associated with insecticide resistance and lovesong production

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
The sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. is the main vector of American Visceral Leishmaniasis. L. longipalpis s.l. is a species complex but until recently the existence of cryptic sibling species among Brazilian populations was a controversial issue.
RMMA Lins, NA Souza, AA Peixoto
doaj   +1 more source

Indicators sandflies and environment associated to spatial landscaping change in Chocó Biosphere Reserve UNESCO

open access: yes
Background & objectives: Sandflies are vector insects associated with terrestrial forest ecosystems; in the Ecuadorian Andes, they participate in the transmission of human cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Vanessa Herrera   +8 more
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Phlebotomine sandflies and factors associated with their abundance in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Attiki, Greece

open access: yes, 2018
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease of animals and humans caused by several Leishmania species and transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. The aim of the present study was to identify the species of field collected phlebotomine sandflies in the endemic ...
Spanakos, Gregory   +7 more
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