Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by many Leishmania species, which can
infect both humans and other mammals. Leishmaniasis is a complex disease, with …

Latin America encompasses diverse geographical, cultural and socio-economic conditions,
which are reflected in the challenges for infectious disease control in the region. One of the …

American Cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in Brazil is caused by seven Leishmania species.
A multitude of sand fly species are implicated in their enzootic and zoonotic transmission …

Background Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perniciosus and Canis familiaris are respectively
the only confirmed vector and reservoir for the transmission of Leishmania (L.) infantum …

Background Leishmaniases are vector borne diseases caused by Leishmania spp.
parasites transmitted by female sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) whose geographic …

Brazilian caves, one of the many tourist attractions of the country, may act as a shelter for
insects, such as sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), natural hosts of various microorganisms …

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 …

PCR-based identification of vertebrate host bloodmeals has been performed on several
vectors species with success. In the present study, we used a previously published PCR …

Phlebotomine sand flies are hematophagous insect vectors of the protozoan parasites of the
genus Leishmania Ross, 1903 (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatida) that infect mammals …

Since 2010 a human leishmaniasis outbreak has been notified in southwestern Madrid
region that still remains active. Entomological surveys have been carried out in the affected …