Phlebotomine sandflies transmit pathogens that affect humans and animals worldwide. We
review the roles of phlebotomines in the spreading of leishmaniases, sandfly fever, summer …

Southern Brazil concentrates a considerable number of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis
reported since 1980, and Paraná is the state that most records CL cases in the region. The …

Autochthonous cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) have been reported since
2001 in the Xakriabá Indigenous Reserve located in the municipality of São João das …

In view of recent cases of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis reported in Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we investigated the sand fly fauna inhabiting the neighborhoods …

The present study aimed to check the sand flies' fauna on the municipality of Lassance,
Minas Gerais, Brazil and detect the presence of Leishmania DNA on the female captured …

Abstract Sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) taxonomy is complex and time-consuming, which
hampers epidemiological efforts directed toward controlling leishmaniasis in endemic …

Background American tegumentary leishmaniasis is a serious Brazilian public health
problem. This diseases is attributed to seven species of Leishmania, however, the majority …

In Brazil, the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania infantum, while the
tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) etiological agents are mainly Leishmania braziliensis and …

In the New World, the leishmaniases are primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of
Leishmania‐infected Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) phlebotomine sand flies. Any or …

Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania sp. are important protozoan parasites for humans and
animals in the Americas, causing Chagas disease and cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis …