An account is given of work published during the past 10 years incriminating species of
phlebotomine sandflies as vectors of Leishmania species which infect man. An assessment …

Background The recent geographical expansion of phlebotomine vectors of Leishmania
infantum in the Mediterranean subregion has been attributed to ongoing climate changes. At …

L infantum are species belonging to the Larroussius subgenus (eg, Phlebotomus
perniciosus, Phlebotomus ariasi, Phlebotomus perfiliewi, Phlebotomus neglectus, and …

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a re-emerging disease in the Mediterranean area. A
historical review on human and canine leishmaniasis in Croatia documents the presence of …

Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) have increasingly become a focus of interest in
recent years. Some of the CVBDs are zoonotic and may therefore also represent a risk for …

During the last 35 years, visceral leishmaniasis has spread in Greece with autochthonous
human cases appearing in 41 of the 54 prefectures. The occurrence of the disease was …

Background Currently, knowledge regarding the phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera:
Psychodidae) fauna of Turkey is restricted to regions with endemic leishmaniasis. However …

We report the results of a survey to determine the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis and
the presence of sand flies in northwestern Italy, where autochthonous foci of canine …

Background Blood-sucking phlebotomine sand flies are the vectors of the protozoan
parasites Leishmania spp. Different Phlebotomus species transmit different Leishmania …

A 2-year survey was carried out from May to November 2008 and 2009 to study the sand fly
species composition, its seasonal phenology and density in Apulia region (southern, Italy) …