Geographic and ecological distributions of three Lutzomyia sand flies that are cutaneous
leishmaniasis vectors in South America were analysed using ecological niche modelling …

Vector borne diseases are susceptible to climate change because distributions and
densities of many vectors are climate driven. The Amazon region is endemic for cutaneous …

Background Leishmania is transmitted by Phlebotominae insects that maintain the enzootic
cycle by circulating between sylvatic and domestic mammals; humans enter the cycles as …

Background American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) is an emerging disease in the state of
São Paulo, Brazil. Its geographical expansion and the increase in the number of human …

Spatio-temporal modelling of the distributions of the leishmaniases and their sandfly vectors
is reviewed in relation to climate change. Many leishmaniases are rural zoonoses, and so …

Leishmania infected of Lutzomyia spp. are rare in endemic areas. We tested the hypothesis
that there is clustering of infected vectors by combining pinpoint capture with sensitive L …

Two predictive models were developed within a geographic information system using
Genetic Algorithm Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) and the growing degree day (GDD)-water …

The aim of the present review is to give relevant information on aspects of the biology and
ecology, including the vectorial competence of Lutzomyia sand fly species suggested as …

Background Climate change is increasingly being implicated in species' range shifts
throughout the world, including those of important vector and reservoir species for infectious …

To identify naturally infected Lutzomyia spp. by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, a PCR
multiplex non-isotopic hybridisation assay was developed for the analysis of insect samples …