Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence in animals and humans

A Assefa - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of
the genus Leishmania. Ethiopia does not have an overall estimation of prevalence of …

A systematic review and global analysis of the seasonal activity of Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti, the primary vectors of L. tropica

A Karmaoui, D Sereno, S El Jaafari… - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti is a widespread proven vector of
Leishmania pathogens causing anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), due to L …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis a neglected tropical disease: community knowledge, attitude and practices in an endemic area, Northwest Ethiopia

HF Tamiru, YJ Mashalla, R Mohammed… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases in the
Ethiopian highlands and studies on assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of the …

Distribution and risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

W Ullah, TY Yen, S Niaz, N Nasreen, YF Tsai… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a zoonotic infection caused by obligate intracellular
protozoa of the genus Leishmania. This study aimed to investigate CL in Khyber …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL): a cross-sectional community based survey on knowledge, attitude and practices in a highly endemic area of Waziristan (KPK Province) …

S Irum, M Aftab, A Khan, S Naz, S Simsek, A Habib… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent outbreaks of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) in Waziristan make the disease
a public health concern in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, Pakistan. The awareness …

Molecular detection of Leishmania Tropica in field caught phlebotomus sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic focus of Pakistan

SB Rasheed, MZ Shah - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2023 - Elsevier
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is endemic in tribal district Khyber for last more than one decade.
The causative agent Leishmania tropica is known but sand fly species responsible for the …

Evolution, systematics and historical biogeography of sand flies of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotomus) inferred using restriction …

A Cruaud, V Lehrter, G Genson… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Phlebotomine sand flies are the main natural vectors of Leishmania, which cause visceral
and tegumentary tropical diseases worldwide. However, their taxonomy and evolutionary …

Species composition and activity patterns of sand flies (Psycodidae: Phlebotomine) in four tehsils of Dir Districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

N Ali, K Khan, S Wahid, NH Khan, SU Shah - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study reports sand flies species composition, fauna diversity and seasonal
variations from four tehsils of Dir Districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Collection was …

Characterization of sand fly breeding sites in district Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and evaluation of risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region

K Khan, NH Khan, F Anwar, I Ullah… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Present study was carried to determine the sand fly species composition, breeding sites
ecology, seasonal abundance, and spatial distribution in district Malakand, Khyber …

Sand fly (Diptera: psychodidae) species diversity, habitat preferences, and ecological aspects of distribution in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

S Wahid, K Khan, NH Khan - Journal of medical entomology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The species composition, distribution, and bionomics of sand flies was investigated from
January to December 2017 in four tehsils (20 villages) of district Bajaur (formally Bajaur …