Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica represents a major public health problem its ability spread into non-endemic areas by means of vectors, and the associated dramatic psychosocial impact. The objective this work was compare intra extradomiciliary density, sex ratio gonotrophic stage sand flies from recent active focus in Morocco. This field study is based on need optimize effecti...

Leishmaniasis transmitted by sandflies is an important vector-borne disease. In Chad, information on outdated, and so this study was designed to update the sandfly fauna. Sandflies were collected in five health districts representing two geoclimatic zones using sticky traps pyrethrum sprays indoor peridomestic habitats between September 2019 December 2020. All specimens identified based species...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major has become a hot topic in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine some ecological aspects of sand flies in the study area. METHODS Sand flies were collected biweekly from indoors and outdoors fixed places in the selected villages, using 30 sticky paper traps from the beginning to the end of the active season of 2006 in Kerm...

The Algarve Region (AR) in southern Portugal, which is an international tourist destination, has been considered an endemic region of zoonotic leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum since the 1980s. In the present study, phlebotomine and canine surveys were conducted to identify sandfly blood meal sources and to update the occurrence of Leishmania infection in vectors and dogs. Four sandfl...

Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are the biological vectors of leishmaniasis all around the world. In 1997, sand flies were collected in 14 cities and villages of Khash County in southeastern Iran, using 848 sticky traps (castor oil-coated white papers 20 × 30 cm). In this study, a total of 4673 sand flies, with 25.23% females and 74.77% males, were collected and identified to s...