In southern Europe, the main etiological agent is Leishmania infantum transmitted by sandflies of the subfamily Phlebotominae, which represents the most frequent cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), ...

Leishmaniasis transmitted by sandflies is an important vector-borne disease. In Chad, information on sandflies is outdated, and so this study was designed to update the sandfly fauna. Sandflies were ...

ABSTRACT: We evaluated some eco-epidemiological characteristics of the sand fly fauna in an ecotourism area in the Atlantic Forest located in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. During a period of ...

aThe Center for Evolution & Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA bSimon A Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center, Arizona State ...

The sand flies were captured in villages in rural areas of the three counties with Center for Disease Control (CDC) light traps placed in the peridomicile of homes that were selected for their ...

Therefore, we used generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) known as multilevel models to evaluate the relationship between the observed species of Phlebotominae sand fly abundance (Lu. longipalpis, Mg.

Eric Muraille received funding from Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS-FRS), Belgium. Jacques Godfroid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Six Phlebotominae sand fly species are incriminated as biological vectors of human pathogens in Panama, but molecular corroboration is still needed. We aim at confirming the identity of Phlebotominae ...

ABSTRACT: Marsupials have been the subjects of studies of both experimental and natural infections with different species of Leishmania in the Americas as well as Australia. Over a century has passed ...

Whether insect sesquiterpenes are synthesized de novo, derived from plant precursors, or produced by symbionts is often unknown. We identified an evolutionarily novel terpene synthase gene family in ...

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