Sandflies were collected in the base of tree-trunks in the seasons of high and least rainfall in the Ducke Forest Reserve, near Manaus in the State of Amazonas. Lutzomyia umbratilis was the most abundant sandfly species. Caryocar villosum, Chrysophyllum amazonicum, Dinizia excelsa, Eschweilera atropetiolata and Parkia multijuga were the tree species on which most sandflies were collected and re...

The source of blood meal of wild caught Phlebotomid sandflies collected in areas around Pondicherry was identified using an agarose gel diffusion method. A total of 497 blood samples obtained from freshly engorged Phlebotomid sandflies were tested. Of these 66.8% were positive to human antisera, 29.2% to bovine antisera and the remaining 4.0% to avain antisera. The human blood indices of P. pap...

Sandflies are small insects belonging to the order Diptera, which make up Phlebotominae subfamily within Psychodidae family. In fight against leishmaniasis in prefecture of Meknes, Morocco, a study phlebotomist population was carried out during period activity sandflies while studying link between abundance these and climatic factors, namely, temperature, moisture, rainfall, wind speed. A total...

Sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) are vectors of Leishmania parasites, causative agents of important human and animal diseases with diverse manifestations. This review summarizes present knowledge about the vectorial part of Leishmania life cycle and parasite transmission to the vertebrate host. Particularly, it focuses on molecules that determine the establishment of parasite infection in san...

during the period of april to november 1994, an investigation was carried out on fauna of phlebotominac in ilam province, west of iran. about 12000 sandflies were caught by sticky trap, light trap and aspirator from different ecological regions and were identified. these sandflies consist of 22 species (11 species from the genus phlebotomus: ph. paptasi, ph.sergenti, ph.alexandri, ph.rnajor, ph...

No Phlebotomine sandflies had ever been reported in the Comoros Archipelago, including the three islands of the Republic of the Union of Comoros (Grande Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan) and the French oversea department of Mayotte. During three field surveys carried out in 2003, 2007 and 2011, we provided the first record of Phlebotomine sandflies in this area. A total of 85 specimens belonging to t...

in order to determine reaction of sandflies to the light trap, they were collected from the foci of visceral leishmaniasis in meshkjn shahr and germj during 1994. we used three c.d.c. light trap for collection of sandflies. totally, two hundred and sixty three sand - flies were captured from meshkin - shahr focus, belonging to the species of phiebotomus kandejajcj (69.58%), ph.ba/canicus(815%) ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to describe the major evolutionary historical events among Leishmania, sandflies, and the associated animal reservoirs in detail, in accordance with the geographical evolution of the Earth, which has not been previously discussed on a large scale. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Leishmania and sandfly classification has always been a controversial matter...

Leishmania spp are distributed throughout the world and different species are associated with varying degrees of disease severity. However, leishmaniasis is thought to be confined to areas of the world where its insect vectors, sandflies, are present. Phlebotomine sandflies obtain blood meals from a variety of wild and domestic animals and sometimes from humans. These vectors transmit Leishmani...

Although the reported aetiological agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka is Leishmania donovani, the sandfly vector remains unknown. Ninety-five sandflies, 60 females and 35 males, collected in six localities in the district of Matale, central Sri Lanka, close to current active transmission foci of CL were examined for taxonomically relevant characteristics. Eleven diagnostic morph...