The term leishmaniasis includes multiple clinical syndromes: visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal leishmaniasis, resulting from an infection of macrophages throughout the reticuloendothelial system in dermis naso-oropharyngeal mucosa, respectively. phenotype is mainly driven by leishmania biologic characteristics and, ultimately, also host immune status. disease endemic focal areas tropics, subtrop...

The phlebotomine sandfly fauna of a primary forest reserve at Morretes (eastern Paraná State) was studied, using CDC-like light traps, one night per month, at canopy and ground level, between April 1995 and March 1996. A total of 3,106 insects were collected, identified as belonging to nine species. Lutzomyia ayrozai and Lu.geniculata were predominant, seven other species also being present. Mo...

Editor – Vector resistance to insecticides has been highlighted by Kasap et al. in their comparative study relating to malaria in Turkey (1). In India, phlebotomine sandflies used to be considered highly susceptible to all insecticides; but indiscriminate use poses a problem of resistance, for example, in Bihar, where spraying with DDT has continued since 1976 (2). Resistance to DDT in Phleboto...

online | memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br Leishmaniases are parasitic diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania. These parasites, which infect various wild and domestic mammals, are transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies. Species of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World and are known to feed on reptiles as well as other vertebrates, including human...

background: elongation factor-1, a conserved nuclear protein coding gene was used to identify iranian sandfly species. the phlebotomine sandfies are the vectors of the parasitic protozoan leishmania, the causative agents of leishmaniasis, in iran. methods: seven sets of primers were tried. pcr amplification of elongation factor-1 was successfully achieved for all 14 species of iranian sandfli...