The current status of zoonotic leishmaniases and approaches to disease control

M Gramiccia, L Gradoni - International journal for parasitology, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are a complex of world-wide diseases with a range of clinical and
epidemiological features caused by Leishmania spp. of protozoan parasites. Among 15 well …

Leishmania and the leishmaniases: a parasite genetic update and advances in taxonomy, epidemiology and pathogenicity in humans

AL Bañuls, M Hide, F Prugnolle - Advances in parasitology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Leishmaniases remain a major public health problem today despite the vast amount of
research conducted on Leishmania pathogens. The biological model is genetically and …

Ecological divergence and hybridization of Neotropical Leishmania parasites

F Van den Broeck, NJ Savill, H Imamura… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
The tropical Andes are an important natural laboratory to understand speciation in many
taxa. Here we examined the evolutionary history of parasites of the Leishmania braziliensis …

DNA barcoding for identification of sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae) from leishmaniasis-endemic areas of Peru

CO Nzelu, AG Cáceres, MJ Arrunátegui-Jiménez… - Acta tropica, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Phlebotomine sand flies are the only proven vectors of leishmaniases, a group of human
and animal diseases. Accurate knowledge of sand fly species identification is essential in …

Leishmaniases in Ecuador: Comprehensive review and current status

Y Hashiguchi, LN Velez, NV Villegas, T Mimori… - Acta tropica, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This article reviews current knowledge about leishmaniases in Ecuador, proceeding from
1920, when the first human case was described, to the present, mainly focusing on the …

Detection and identification of Leishmania species in field-captured phlebotomine sandflies based on mini-exon gene PCR

BR Paiva, NFC Secundino, JC Nascimento… - Acta Tropica, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is one of the most diverse and complex of all vector-borne diseases. Because
it involves several overlap** species and sandfly vectors, the disease has a complex …

Comparison of sand fly trap** approaches for vector surveillance of Leishmania and Bartonella species in ecologically distinct, endemic regions of Peru

VO Zorrilla, ME Lozano, LJ Espada… - PLoS neglected …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Background In Peru, the information regarding sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis and
bartonellosis in the Amazon region is limited. In this study, we carried out sand fly collections …

Natural Leishmania infection of Lutzomyia auraensis in Madre de Dios, Peru, detected by a fluorescence resonance energy transfer–based real-time polymerase …

HO Valdivia, MB De Los Santos… - … American journal of …, 2012‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leishmania species of the Viannia subgenus are responsible for most cases of New World
tegumentary leishmaniasis. However, little is known about the vectors involved in disease …

Andean cutaneous leishmaniasis (Andean-CL, uta) in Peru and Ecuador: the causative Leishmania parasites and clinico-epidemiological features

Y Hashiguchi, EAL Gomez, AG Cáceres, LN Velez… - Acta tropica, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study provides comprehensive information on the past and current status of the Andean
cutaneous leishmaniasis (Andean-CL, uta) in Peru and Ecuador, mainly focusing on the …

Land use predicts proportion of West Nile virus vector‐competent mosquitoes

AM Bauer, RP Guralnick, SA Whitehead, N Barve… - …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Land use and land cover (LULC) change has been identified as an important driver of
emerging mosquito‐borne zoonotic diseases. However, studies are often limited to …