Sand Flies
Mitochondrial genomes of two phlebotomine sand flies, Phlebotomus chinensis and Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Nematocera), the first representatives from the family Psychodidae
... All the protein-coding genes of P. chinensis start with the typical ATN codon except for COI (Table 3). In comparison with P. chinensis, only ND2 and ND3 have the different start codon in P. papatasi. The start codon of ...
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Morphological keys for the identification of Italian phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
... Italian sand flies are not available in the inter- national ...female sand flies of the subgenus Larroussius [16] and an Italian book with illustrations for the identification of acari and ...
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Proteophosophoglycans regurgitated by Leishmania-infected sand flies target the L-arginine metabolism of host macrophages to promote parasite survival
... macrophages in situ within the air pouch. We found that the gel rapidly conditioned macrophages for enhanced parasitism in advance of infection and even reduced the efficiency of parasite elimination in CAMW. This latter ...
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Non invasive visualisation and identification of fluorescent Leishmania tarentolae in infected sand flies
... ments. Sand flies show different levels of infection (Pimenta et ...low-infected flies and non-infected flies, to rear them as separate ...
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Distribution of Leishmania major zymodemes in relation to populations of Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies
... phlebotomine sand fly Phlebotomus ...wild sand flies ...many sand fly species as well as for mammals and reptiles, making them a high risk habitat for the transmission of parasites to mammals ...
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Revision of the species composition and distribution of Turkish sand flies using DNA barcodes
... of sand flies were identified, increas- ing the documented number of Turkish species based in taxonomic approaches by at least five ...country. Sand fly biodiversity appears highest in the Anatolian ...
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Insecticide Resistance in Sand Flies (Phlebotomus Papatasi) against Bifenthrin and Cypermethrin in Chakwal, Pakistan
... Pakistan. Sand flies (Phlebotomus papatasi) were collected from five different places of the city Chakwal (Madina Town, Ashraf town, Odharwal, and 7marla ...100 sand flies were collected from ...
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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Greek Aegean Islands: ecological approaches
... of sand flies, the first one among Andros, Ikaria, Sifnos, the second among Nisyros and Milos, the third among Patmos and Leros, and the last among Folegandros, Karpathos and ...and sand fly ...
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Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Iran and their Role on Leishmania Transmission
... the sand flies of Iran are predominantly Palearctic, with Mediterranean elements entering from the northwest and central Asiatic elements from the ...new sand fly populations in Iran may have ...
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Optimisation of DNA Extraction from Individual Sand Flies for PCR Amplification
... the sand flies (around 3 mm long) can be an issue, especially in studies that require analysis on an individual basis, such as parasite infection, variability, and/or population ...
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Exposure to Leishmania spp and sand flies in domestic animals in northwestern Ethiopia
... Fig. 3 Specificity of the anti-sand fly saliva IgG antibody response. The reactivity of Phlebotomus orientalis salivary gland homogenates (SGH) with sera from mice (a) and dogs (b) repeatedly exposed to a single ...
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Molecular detection and identification of Leishmania infection in naturally infected sand flies in a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Morocco
... individual sand flies and culture of parasites found in the sand fly gut [15,16], but this technique is time-consuming, needs dissecting ex- pertise and a large number of specimens, since the Leish- ...
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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
... for sand flies be- cause of the physiological, behavioral and size differences between mosquitoes and sand ...assess sand fly insecticide susceptibility status, established diagnostic dose and ...
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Species composition of phlebotomine sand flies and bionomics of Phlebotomus orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Tahtay Adiyabo district, Northern Ethiopia
... capturing sand flies from all sampling hab- ...morning, sand flies from STs were removed using forceps and stored in 96% ethyl al- cohol in labeled vials for ...
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Comparative study on the nocturnal activity of phlebotomine sand flies in a highland and lowland foci of visceral leishmaniasis in north western Ethiopia with special reference to Phlebotomus orientalis
... active sand fly species collected during the study periods in both study ...9479 sand flies were ...females) sand flies were col- lected from January-May, 2012 which consisted one Phle- ...
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Susceptibility of field collected Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies from Bangladesh and Nepal to different insecticides
... tipes sand flies after 24 h of recovery; sand fly mortality was corrected by using Abbott’s formula ½P ¼ ðPi −CÞ=ð1 00 − C Þ 100P ¼ 100−c Pi‐c xd, where P is the corrected mortal- ity, Pi is the ...
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Investigation into the migration of Leishmania within Phlebotomine sand flies
... All sand fly experiments used Lutzomyia longipalpis reared in a closed laboratory colony that was established (1980’s) from individuals caught in Jacobina, Bahia-Brazil and maintained in Lancaster University ...
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Control of Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Iran: A Review Article
... Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis (ZVL), has been reported sporadically from all areas of the country, however, seven endemic foci are located in the southern, southwestern, ...
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Leishmania development in sand flies: parasite vector interactions overview
... female sand flies ingest blood containing macrophages infected with amastigotes, small (3–5 μm), immotile and rounded form of the ...the sand fly midgut (such as decrease in temperature and increase ...
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Updates on the distribution and diversity of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Romania
... of sand flies ...of sand flies, considering their environmental ...of sand flies: altitude below 750 m, old stables, with decom- posing organic matter, abundant dejections, walls ...
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