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First record of Migonemyia vaniae Galati, Fonseca & Marassá, 2007 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2022
In an investigation carried out at the headquarters of Jequitibá in Três Picos State Park, the presence of the sandfly Migonemyia vaniae Galati, Fonseca & Marassá, 2007 was observed.
Thamiris D'Almeida Balthazar, Antônio Luís Ferreira de Santana, Luiz Henrique Costa, Jacenir R. Santos Mallet, Maurício Luiz Vilela   +4 more
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Exposure to Phlebotomus perniciosus sandfly vectors is positively associated with Toscana virus and Leishmania infantum infection in human blood donors in Murcia Region, southeast Spain

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2022
Antibodies against Phlebotomus perniciosus sandfly salivary gland homogenate (SGH) and recombinant protein rSP03B, sandfly‐borne Toscana virus (TOSV), Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus (SFSV) and Leishmania, as well as DNA of the latter parasite, were ...
M. Ortuño, C. Muñoz, T. Spitzova, P. Sumova, M. Iborra, P. Pérez-Cutillas, N. Ayhan, R. Charrel, P. Volf, E. Berriatua   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Isolation and Identification of Sandfly-Borne Viruses from Sandflies Collected from June to August, 2019, in Yangquan County, China

Viruses, 2022
In Yangquan County, the sandfly-transmitted virus (Wuxiang virus) was first isolated from sandflies in 2018. However, relationships between the abundance and seasonal fluctuations of local sandflies and sandfly-transmitted viruses are unknown. Herein, we
Qinyan Wang, Qikai Yin, Shihong Fu, Jingxia Cheng, Xiuyan Xu, Jing Wang, Bin Wu, Xiaodong Tian, Yan Li, Jing Lu, Ying He, Fan Li, Kai Nie, Songtao Xu, Xiaoqing Lu, Huanyu Wang, Bin Wang, Guodong Liang   +17 more
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Independent Circulation of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica in Their Respective Sandfly Vectors for Transmission of Zoonotic and Chronic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Co-Existing in a Mixed Focus of Central Tunisia

Pathogens, 2022
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) and chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CCL) are known to overlap in Central Tunisia. Sandflies were collected using sticky traps and CDC light-traps set in rodent burrows at the ecotones surrounding the village, in ...
Mohammed Abdo Saghir Abbas, Jihene Lachheb, I. Chelbi, D. Louati, K. Dachraoui, Slimene Ben Miled, E. Zhioua   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular Identification and Ecology of Portuguese Wild-Caught Phlebotomine Sandfly Specimens

Zoonotic Diseases, 2022
Phlebotomine sandflies are important vectors of Leishmania spp. and phleboviruses causing disease in animals and humans. Morphological identification of phlebotomine sandflies to the species level is challenging, requiring microscopical examination of ...
L. Zé-Zé, F. Amaro, H. Osório, M. Giovanetti, J. Lourenço, M. Alves   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Taxonomy of Phleboviruses, Emphasizing Those That Are Sandfly-Borne

Viruses, 2021
Sandfly-borne phleboviruses (phylum Negarnavaricota, realm Riboviria, kingdom Orthornavirae, genus Phlebovirus) comprise three genome segments of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and which encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which they use to transcribe the ...
C. Calisher, M. Calzolari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus-Leishmania major co-infection modulates innate inflammatory response favoring myeloid cell infections and skin hyperinflammation

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background The leishmaniases are a group of sandfly-transmitted diseases caused by species of the protozoan parasite, Leishmania. With an annual incidence of 1 million cases, 1 billion people living in Leishmania-endemic regions, and nearly 30,000 deaths
E. Heirwegh, E. MacLean, Jinlei He, S. Kamhawi, S. Sagan, M. Olivier   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The potential future change of the suitability patterns of six leishmaniasis vectors in Iran

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021
Background & objectives: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis are endemic in Iran. The aim of this study was to model the changing suitability patterns of five confirmed and one suspected leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus species resident in the country ...
Attila J Trajer
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Novel Sandfly Control Interventions: A Pilot Study in Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021
. In this pilot comparative study, we investigated and compared the effects of existing vector control tools on sandfly densities and mortality to inform and support the National Kala-azar Elimination Program (NKEP).
D. Ghosh, Abdul Alim, M. Huda, C. Halleux, Mohammad AlMahmud, P. Olliaro, G. Matlashewski, A. Kroeger, D. Mondal   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
BACKGROUND In Acre state, Brazil, the dissemination of cutaneous leishmaniasis has increased in recent years, with limited knowledge of the potential Leishmania spp. vectors involved.
T. Araújo-Pereira, D. Pita-Pereira, Sandylere Moreira Baia-Gomes, M. Boité, Frederico O. C. Silva, I. S. Pinto, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, A. Fuzari, C. D. de Souza, R. Brazil, C. Britto   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source