Arthropod vectors of disease agents: their role in public and veterinary health in Turkiye and their control measures

M Touray, S Bakirci, D Ulug, SH Gulsen, H Cimen… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes, sandflies, and ticks are hematophagous arthropods that pose a huge threat to
public and veterinary health. They are capable of serving as vectors of disease agents that …

Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum

B Alten, C Maia, MO Afonso, L Campino… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The recent geographical expansion of phlebotomine vectors of Leishmania
infantum in the Mediterranean subregion has been attributed to ongoing climate changes. At …

Vector control interventions for visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative in South Asia, 2005-2010

A Picado, AP Dash, S Bhattacharya… - Indian Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) Elimination Initiative in the Indian subcontinent
was launched in 2005 as a joint effort between the governments in the Region (India, Nepal …

Temporal dynamics and impact of climate factors on the incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia

A Toumi, S Chlif, J Bettaieb, NB Alaya… - Plos neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Old world Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a vector-borne human
disease caused by Leishmania major, a unicellular eukaryotic parasite transmitted by pool …

The current clinical and geographical situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis based on species identification in Turkey

A Özbilgin, S Töz, M Harman, SG Topal, S Uzun… - Acta Tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne diseases caused by the members of Leishmania
genus, and there are three main clinical forms of the infection as visceral, cutaneous, and …

Leishmaniasis in Turkey: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Turkey

A Özbilgin, M Harman, M Karakuş, A Bart, S Töz, Ö Kurt… - Acta Tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
In Turkey, the main causative agents are Leishmania tropica (L. tropica) and Leishmania
infantum (L. infantum) for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and L. infantum for visceral …

Revision of the species composition and distribution of Turkish sand flies using DNA barcodes

O Erisoz Kasap, YM Linton, M Karakus, Y Ozbel… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Currently, knowledge regarding the phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera:
Psychodidae) fauna of Turkey is restricted to regions with endemic leishmaniasis. However …

Modeling the distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis vectors (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Iran: a potential transmission in disease prone areas

A Ali Hanafi-Bojd, MR Yaghoobi-Ershadi… - Journal of medical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is now the main vector-borne disease in Iran. Two forms of
the disease exist in the country, transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus …

Phylogeography of the subgenus Transphlebotomus Artemiev with description of two new species, Phlebotomus anatolicus n. sp. and Phlebotomus killicki n. sp.

OE Kasap, V Dvorak, J Depaquit, B Alten… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The subgenus Transphlebotomus comprises sand fly species with distribution markedly
restricted to the Mediterranean basin and suspected of Leishmania transmission. Only three …

Biotic factors and occurrence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

EF Oliveira, EA Silva, CES Fernandes… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The relationships between environmental exposure to risk agents and health conditions
have been studied with the aid of remote sensing imagery, a tool particularly useful in the …