Lutzomyia longipalpis
Transcriptome exploration of the sex pheromone gland of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
... Lutzomyia longipalpis is apparently a complex of sib- ling species ([11], reviewed in [12]), although the num- ber and distribution of potential component species remains to be established ...L. ...
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Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging by Catalase Is Important for Female Lutzomyia longipalpis Fecundity and Mortality
... Lu. longipalpis fecundity and survival. Female Lu. longipalpis from different age groups showed differences in developing oocytes numbers, with the oldest (9 days PE) presenting the lowest number of oocytes ...
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Diagnostic doses and times for Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) using the CDC bottle bioassay to assess insecticide resistance
... Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) re- quire resistance monitoring because they have been, and continue to be, actively targeted with insecticides [13–16]. Fewer than seventy species of sand flies, ...
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Baseline susceptibility to alpha cypermethrin in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) from Lapinha Cave (Brazil)
... of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil and the likelihood that this vector may develop resistance to insecticides used for control, the Ministry of Health considers as crucial the creation of a network in order ...
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Clocks do not tick in unison: isolation of Clock and vrille shed new light on the clockwork model of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis
... fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the New World, was the first in- sect vector to have clock components identified at the molecular ...
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A temporal comparison of sex aggregation pheromone gland content and dynamics of release in three members of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) species complex
... genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus among which several species are important vectors of parasitic and bacterial ...fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is considered the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) ...
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Characterization of a midgut mucin like glycoconjugate of Lutzomyia longipalpis with a potential role in Leishmania attachment
... Results: We used a combination of biochemical, molecular and parasitological approaches to characterize biochemical and biological properties of O-linked glycoprotein of Lu. longipalpis. Lectin blotting and mass ...
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An Experimental-Study of the Peridomestic Distribution of Lutzomyia-Longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae)
... The total numbers of Lutzomyia longipalpis caught in experimental chicken sheds with more or less open walls Shed... Distribution and abundance of Luizomyia longipalpis Table 2.[r] ...
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Sobralene, a new sex aggregation pheromone and likely shunt metabolite of the taxadiene synthase cascade, produced by a member of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis specied complex
... A new sex-aggregation pheromone, sobralene, produced by the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Sorbral (Ceara State, Brazil) is shown to have the novel 6,12-membered ring-fused diterpene structure 3. It is ...
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Viola phlebovirus is a novel Phlebotomus fever serogroup member identified in Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis from Brazilian Pantanal
... three Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis sand flies captured in the transitional climatic period in North Pantanal showed a tripartite genomic sequence of a putative novel Phlebovirus belonging to the ...
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Significance of bacteria in oviposition and larval development of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis
... The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Dip- tera: Psychodidae) is an important biological vector of Leishmania infantum (syn. Leishmania chagasi) in Cen- tral and South America. Although very ...
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Lutzomyia longipalpis s l in Brazil and the impact of the Sao Francisco River in the speciation of this sand fly vector
... Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the principal vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi in the Americas, and constitutes a complex of species. Various studies have suggested an incipient ...
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Effects of temperature and photoperiod on daily activity rhythms of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
... Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotomi- nae) is the main vector of Leishmania (Leishmania) infan- tum in Latin America, broadly distributed from Mexico to Argentina ...L. longipalpis ...
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Genetic structuring and fixed polymorphisms in the gene period among natural populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil
... fly Lutzomyia longipalpis, the principal vector of Leishmania infantum in the Americas, remain unresolved for Brazilian populations of this ...L. longipalpis were applied in three populations of ...
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Participation of heparin binding proteins from the surface of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis promastigotes in the adhesion of parasites to Lutzomyia longipalpis cells (Lulo) in vitro
... During their life cycle, these parasites undergo distinct morphological stages, as promastigotes in the sandfly host and amastigotes in the mammalian host, each one adapted to its microenvironment [4]. Such adaptations ...
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Phenotypic differentiation in love song traits among sibling species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex in Brazil
... of Lutzomyia longipalpis may constitute a complex of cryptic species, and this report investigates the distribution and number of potential sibling ...
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Lutzomyia longipalpis Breeding—A Probable Breeding Substrate for Lutzomyia longipalpis in Nature
... to Lutzomyia longipalpis ...L. longipalpis larvae are able to make galleries on a substrate, literally burying themselves in this to function also as a shelter; 3) from the previous information that ...
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Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex aggregation pheromone : effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources
... In South America, the Protist parasite that causes visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially fatal human disease, is transmitted by blood-feeding female Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies. A synthetic copy of the ...
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The physiology of the midgut of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva 1912): pH in different physiological conditions and mechanisms involved in its control
... Nutrient digestion and absorption after blood feeding are important events for Lutzomyia longipalpis, which uses these nutrients to produce eggs. In this context, the pH inside the digestive tract is an ...
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The Gut Microbiome of the Vector Lutzomyia longipalpis Is Essential for Survival of Leishmania infantum
... uninfected Lutzomyia longipalpis, the vector transmitting Leishmania infan- ...Lu. longipalpis revealed a surprisingly diverse array of bacterial families, which differed on the basis of the source ...
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