Sandfly saliva of Lutzomyia ovallesi (Diptera: Psychodidae) as a possible marker for the transmission of Leishmania in Venezuela Andes region [PDF]
, 2012 Background & objectives: The saliva of the Phlebotominae is highly immunogenic to the vertebrate host and isa determining factor in the Leishmania infection.
E. Nieves , Y. Sánchez , H. Sánchez , M. Rondón, N. González & J. Carrero
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, 2019 In this review, we summarize the current knowledge concerning the eukaryotic protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae, with a main focus on its potential for biotechnological applications.
Klatt, S. +3 more
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Designing a serious game for community-based disease prevention in the Amazon [PDF]
, 2014 Many developing regions around the world rely on community-based healthcare strategies and practices to deal with prevention and control of often neglected diseases, by educating the local population and healthcare professionals, on the mechanisms by ...
Cesario, Manuel +4 more
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STUDY ON FAUNA AND SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF SANDFLIES: LORDEGAN, CHAHARMAHAL- BAKHTIARI PROVINCE (1995)
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2002 Introduction. Sandflies are vectors of at least three kind of diseases to man amoung which the most important one is leishmaniosis. In this study fauna and seasonal activity of different species of sandflies in Lordegan county, Chaharmahal - Bakhtiari ...
A.R ZAHRAEI +3 more
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Application of predictive degree day model for field development of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest of Iran [PDF]
, 2009 Background & objectives: Temperature plays a significant role in insect’s development where arise in temperature, accelerates the insect’s metabolic rates, increases egg production and makesblood feeding more frequent.
E. Javadian +3 more
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The Preventive Control of Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis: Efficacy and Economic Evaluation. [PDF]
, 2017 Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis (ZVL) is one of the world's deadliest and neglected infectious diseases, according to World Health Organization. This disease is one of major human and veterinary medical significance.
Massad, Eduardo +2 more
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Frontiers in VirologyBackgroundUntil recently, arbovirus surveillance is mainly focused on mosquito and tick vectors, resulting in the discovery of several mosquito- and tick-borne arboviruses. However, the role of sandflies in arbovirus transmission and disease has remained
Edith Koskei +11 more
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Potential urban distribution of Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi and Phlebotomus neglectus Tonn. (Diptera: Psychodidae) in 2021–50 in Budapest, Hungary [PDF]
, 2015 Background & Objective: The most northern populations of two sand fly species (Phlebotomus mascittii and Phlebotomus neclectus) in the Carpathian Basin are known from Central Hungary.
Bede-Fazekas, Ákos +1 more
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Metabolism of formycin B by Leishmania amastigotes in vitro. Comparative metabolism in infected and uninfected human macrophages. [PDF]
, 1983 Formycin B is metabolized by cutaneous Leishmania amastigotes within cultured human macrophages to give formycin B 5'-monophosphate and formycin A 5'-mono-, di-, and triphosphates. Formycin A is also incorporated into RNA.
Berman, JD, Rainey, P, Santi, DV
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1972 The article presents a synthesis of present knowledge concerning sandflies of the family Phlebotomidae in relation to leishmaniasis. Over 500 species of Phlebotominae are known, most of which belong to the genera Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia in the Old World and Lutzomyia in the New World.
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