Occurrence and Probability Maps of Lutzomyia longipalpis and Lutzomyia cruzi (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Brazil

JD Andrade-Filho, RGC Scholte… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Leishmania ses are serious diseases caused by trypanosomatid protozoans of the genus
Leishmania transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. We analyzed records …

Comparative genomic analyses of new and old world viscerotropic leishmanine parasites: further insights into the origins of visceral leishmaniasis agents

FT Silveira, EC Sousa Junior, RVD Silvestre… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, is an anthropozoonotic disease
affecting human populations on five continents. Aetiologic agents belong to the Leishmania …

Diversity, Leishmania detection, and blood meal sources of sand flies from Iguatama, Minas Gerais, Brazil

F Dutra-Rêgo, C Binder, DC Capucci, TP Vaz… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study investigated the sand fly fauna of the municipality Iguatama, in the Midwest
Region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, including Leishmania infection rates and blood meal …

Detection of multiple circulating Leishmania species in Lutzomyia longipalpis in the city of Governador Valadares, southeastern Brazil

MS Cardoso, GA Bento, LV de Almeida, JC de Castro… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Leishmaniasis encompasses a group of diverse clinical diseases caused by protozoan
parasites of the Leishmania genus. This disease is a major public health problem in the New …

[HTML][HTML] One piece of the puzzle: Modeling vector presence and environment reveals seasonality, distribution, and prevalence of sandflies and Leishmania in an …

V Thomaz-Soccol, AL Gonçalves, RA Baggio… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent geographic spread of Leishmania infantum along the borders of Argentina, Brazil
and Paraguay has been highlighted. In our previous study, Lutzomyia longipalpis was found …

Abundance of Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) vectors in Baldim, a municipality in the Espinhaço Range Biosphere Reserve in Brazil

ÉM Michalsky, AC de Oliveira Costa… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Leishmaniasis is a zoonoses caused by protozoan parasites belonging to the Leishmania
genus that is transmitted to humans through the bite of previously infected phlebotomine …

Survey of phlebotomine sand fly fauna in a public Zoo in Brazil: Species diversity, seasonality, and host variety

NCL Pereira, ÉM Michalsky, C Alonso… - … : Regional Studies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a dynamic disease in which transmission conditions change due to
environmental and human behavioral factors. Epidemiological analyses have shown …

[HTML][HTML] High molecular prevalence of Leishmania in phlebotomine sand flies fed on chicken blood in Brazil

T de Sousa Ferreira, RV Timbo… - Veterinary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are endemic in Brazil, where Leishmania infantum has been detected in
humans, dogs, cats, and phlebotomine vectors. Monitoring synanthropic vector populations …

Ecology and molecular analysis of sand flies in Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Implications for leishmaniasis surveillance

GML Carvalho, F Dutra‐Rêgo… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Leishmaniasis stands out as a public health problem in the state of Minas
Gerais, Brazil, especially in the Midwest region. However, the entomological aspects in …

Phlebotominae Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Molecular Detection of Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Urban Caves of Belo Horizonte, Minas …

PCL Serra e Meira, BL Abreu… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sand flies are often collected in urban areas, which has several implications for the risk of
transmission of Leishmania Ross, 1903, to humans and other mammals. Given this …