Climatic changes and their role in emergence and re-emergence of diseases

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Global warming and the associated climate changes are predictable. They are enhanced by
burning of fossil fuels and the emission of huge amounts of CO 2 gas which resulted in …

Biology of phlebotomine sand flies as vectors of disease agents

PD Ready - Annual review of entomology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Phlebotomines are the sole or principal vectors of Leishmania, Bartonella bacilliformis, and
some arboviruses. The coevolution of sand flies with Leishmania species of mammals and …

Global distribution maps of the leishmaniases

DM Pigott, S Bhatt, N Golding, KA Duda, KE Battle… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases that have a broad global distribution
throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a significant public …

Re-emergence of leishmaniasis in Spain: community outbreak in Madrid, Spain, 2009 to 2012

A Arce, A Estirado, M Ordobas, S Sevilla… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
Since July 2009, there has been a community outbreak of leishmaniasis in the south-west
area of the Madrid autonomous community, Spain, affecting residents from four towns that …

Modeling the climatic suitability of leishmaniasis vector species in Europe

LK Koch, J Kochmann, S Klimpel, S Cunze - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Climate change will affect the geographical distribution of many species in the future.
Phlebotomine sandflies are vector species for leishmaniasis, a tropical neglected disease …

Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding disease emergence: the past, present, and future drivers of Nipah virus emergence

P Daszak, C Zambrana-Torrelio… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose a significant threat to human health, economic
stability, and biodiversity. Despite this, the mechanisms underlying disease emergence are …

Ecological niche modelling predicts southward expansion of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) flaviscutellata (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), vector of Leishmania …

BM Carvalho, EF Rangel, PD Ready, MM Vale - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
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 …

The role of indigenous phlebotomine sandflies and mammals in the spreading of leishmaniasis agents in the Mediterranean region

M Antoniou, M Gramiccia, R Molina, V Dvorak… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
An updated view of the establishment and spread of the leishmaniases in Europe is
presented, mostly with respect to newly emerging and re-emerging foci and the incrimination …

Climate change and its effect on the vulnerability to zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

Z Charrahy, MR Yaghoobi‐Ershadi… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is an important vector‐borne disease with an
incidence of 15.8 cases per 100,000 people in Iran in 2019. Despite all efforts to control the …

Same parasite, different outcomes: unraveling the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in Brazil and Spain

T de Freitas Milagres, M López-de-Felipe… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Human leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania infantum is an important health problem
worldwide. One of the main aspects arousing interest is the epidemiological scenario …