Results 81 to 90 of about 2,695 (219)

A Feasibility Study on Using the Facilities of Health Centers for Developing a Laboratory Network on Vectors and Reservoir Hosts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2022
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an ancient endemic disease in Iran and continues to be a growing health threat to community development and the environment.
Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, Seyedeh Zohreh Hosseini, Oscar Daniel Salomon, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Yavar Rassi   +6 more
doaj  

The epidemiology of Leishmania donovani infection in high transmission foci in India.

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is highly prevalent in Bihar, India. India and its neighbours aim at eliminating VL, but several knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of VL may hamper that effort.
Andersen, Elisabeth W, Boelaert, Marleen, Chappuis, François, Davies, Clive, Gidwani, Kamlesh, Meheus, Filip, Ostyn, Bart, Picado, Albert, Rai, Madhukar, Singh, Shri P, Sundar, Shyam   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Toscana virus infection in Catalonia (Spain) [PDF]

, 2016
Toscana virus (TOSV), an arthropod-borne phlebovirus, is an important agent of acute meningitis and meningoencephalitis in the Mediterranean area. The epidemiology of the infection in humans in Catalonia is at present unknown.
Aranda, Carles, Cardeñosa, Neus, Domínguez García, Àngela, Felede, Giovanni, Fernandez-Viladrich, Pedro, Kaptoul, Diana, Niubó, Jordi, Ory, Fernando de, Plans, Pere, Sánchez-Seco, Maria Paz, Tenorio, Antonio   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Mouth-parts, male and female genitalia as identification tools of Sergentomyia (Sintonius) clydei and phylogenetic relationships [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران, 2009
Sergentomyia (Sintonius) clydei (Sinton) is for the first time recorded from the endemic localities of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sindh, Punjab and N.W.F province (Pakistan).
J. K. Kakarsulemankhel
doaj  

Can Sergentomyia (Diptera, Psychodidae) play a role in the transmission of mammal-infecting Leishmania?

Parasite, 2016
Leishmaniases are parasitic diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania. The parasites, which infect various wild and domestic mammals, including humans, are transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies belonging to the Phlebotomus genus in
Maia Carla, Depaquit Jérôme
doaj   +1 more source

Oviposition behavior of Plutella xylostella onto cabbages covered with nets [PDF]

, 2011
Plusieurs expérimentations de terrains menées en zone tropicale en Afrique et en Asie ont montré l'efficacité des filets anti-insectes pour protéger les cultures de choux contre les Lépidoptères en particulier Plutella xylostella.
Coffi, Hubert Kacou, Martin, Thibaud, Ryckewaert, Philippe, Simon, Serge   +3 more
core  

Epidemiological study on sand flies in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Bushehr city, southwestern Iran [PDF]

, 2015
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most important health problem in the city of Bushehr, southwestern Iran. The objective of the study was to determine some ecological aspects of sand flies in the city during 2010-2011. Sand flies were collected monthly from
Akhavan, Amir Ahmad, Darvishi, Mohammad, Shahbazi, Farideh, Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Reza   +3 more
core  

First report of naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta with Leishmania major in Tunisia

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Many sand fly species are implicated in the transmission cycle of Leishmania parasites around the world. Incriminating new sand flies species, as vectors of Leishmania is crucial to understanding the parasite–vector transmission cycle in ...
Kaouther Jaouadi, Wissem Ghawar, Sadok Salem, Mohamed Gharbi, Jihene Bettaieb, Rihab Yazidi, Mariem Harrabi, Omar Hamarsheh, Afif Ben Salah   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lutzomyia migonei is a permissive vector competent for Leishmania infantum [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Leishmania infantum is the most widespread etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the world, with significant mortality rates in human cases.
Jitka Myskova, Jovana Sadlova, Katerina Pruzinova, Petr Volf, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho, Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães, Vera Volfova   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Application of RFLP-PCR-Based Identification for Sand Fly Surveillance in an Area Endemic for Kala-Azar in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2012
Mymensingh is the most endemic district for kala-azar in Bangladesh. Phlebotomus argentipes remains the only known vector although a number of sand fly species are prevalent in this area.
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Hirotomo Kato, Mizuho Fukushige, Yukiko Wagatsuma, Makoto Itoh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source