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Emerging visceral leishmaniasis patients in mid Southern Himalayan region: A public health concern

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Background & objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL, or Kala-azar) is a potentially lethal vector-borne disease caused by intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania, serves as the primary reservoir; traditionally endemic to Bihar, Jharkhand, West ...
Shivnarayan Sahu, Prasan Kumar Panda, YP Mathuria, Yogesh Arvind Bahurupi   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Sandfly-Borne Phleboviruses in North Africa: An Overview

Insects
Eight sandfly-borne phleboviruses were found to circulate in North Africa. Phleboviruses detected in sandflies were Toscana (TOSV), Sandfly Fever Sicilian (SFSV), Sandfly Fever Naples (SFNV), Cyprus (CYPV), Punique (PUNV), Utique, Saddaguia, and Medjerda
Sabrina Sellali, Ismail Lafri, Rafik Garni, Hemza Manseur, Mohamed Besbaci, Mohamed Lafri, Idir Bitam   +6 more
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Genetic polymorphism in sympatric species of the genus Phlebotomus, with special reference to Phlebotomus perniciosus and Phlebotomus longicuspis (Diptera, Phlebotomidae)

Parasite, 2000
The Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA assay was used to study genetic variation within and between five Phlebotomusspecies belonging to three subgenera: P. (Larroussius) ariasi, P. (L.) longicuspis, P. (L.) perniciosus, P.(Paraphlebotomus) sergenti and P.
Martín-Sánchez J., Gramiccia M., Pesson B., Morillas-Marquez F.   +3 more
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Sandfly-Borne Phlebovirus Isolations from Turkey: New Insight into the Sandfly fever Sicilian and Sandfly fever Naples Species

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Many studies have presented virus sequences which suggest the existence of a variety of putative new phleboviruses transmitted by sandflies in the Old World. However, in most of these studies, only partial sequences in the polymerase or the nucleoprotein genes were characterised. Therefore to further our understand of the presence and potential medical
Cigdem Alkan, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Bulent Alten, Xavier de Lamballerie, Rémi N Charrel   +4 more
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Mapping of risk prone areas of kala-azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) in parts of Bihar state, India: an RS and GIS approach [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2006
Background & objectives: The kala-azar fever (Visceral leishmaniasis) is continuing unabated inIndia for over a century, now being largely confined to the eastern part of India mainly in Bihar stateand to some extent in its bordering states like West ...
S. Sudhakar, T. Srinivas, A. Palit, S.K. Karc, S.K. Battacharya
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Rare and first case report of a diffused cutaneous leishmaniasis from Uttar Pradesh state, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Kala-azar is common in Bihar state of India and some bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh but cutaneous, diffused and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis is not yet reported in areas of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Hasmatullah Khan, Vindu Prakash Singh, Gaurav Raj Dwivedi, Ayush Mishra, Nalini Mishra   +4 more
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Circulation of Toscana Virus in a Sample Population of Corsica, France

Viruses, 2019
Sandfly-borne phleboviruses pathogenic to humans, such as Toscana virus (TOSV) and Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), are endemic in the Mediterranean region.
Shirley Masse, Nazli Ayhan, Lisandru Capai, Frédéric Bosseur, Xavier de Lamballerie, Rémi Charrel, Alessandra Falchi   +6 more
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Chandipura virus: The 2024 resurgence and Gujarat outbreak

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Originally discovered in 1965 in Maharashtra, India, the Chandipura virus has become a serious hazard to public health, especially in rural areas. Acute encephalitis syndrome, which mostly affects children and has a high death rate, has been associated ...
Rabin Debnath, Pooja A Chawla
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Morphological Study of the Larval Spiracular System in Eight Lutzomyia Species (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998
The morphology of the spiracles of fourth instar larva in eight sandfly species were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. Species studied were: Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), L. ovallesi (Ortiz), L.
Anna Maria Fausto, M Dora Feliciangeli, Michele Maroli, Massimo Mazzini   +3 more
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Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected clinical form of public health importance that is quite prevalent in the northern and eastern parts of Egypt.
Abdallah Mohammed Samy, Said Abdallah Doha, Mohamed Amin Kenawy   +2 more
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