Visceral leishmaniasis is spreading in Brazil where the main vector of its agent, Leishmania
infantum Nicolle, 1908, is the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) species complex …

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 presence, abundance, and distribution of sandflies are strongly influenced by climate
and environmental changes. This study aimed to describe the sandfly fauna in an intense …

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 …

Abstract The state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil is an important region of South America
regarding leishmaniasis, with the great diversity of sandflies reported since 1938 and wide …

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

Leishmaniases are a global health problem and in Argentina are considered emerging
diseases. The new transmission scenarios of tegumentary leishmaniasis are especially …

The sand fly fauna in Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentina, a locality where cutaneous leishmaniasis
cases occur, was surveyed with zones of higher abundance of sand flies correlated to …

Some sand fly species are the vectors responsible for the transmission of Leishmania
spp.(Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the etiological agent of leishmaniasis, and in the …

Abstract Lutzomyia wellcomei (Fraiha, Shaw & Lainson)(Diptera: Psychodidae) can act as
an important vector of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. This study presents the results of …