Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites
National Institutes of Health · Universidade do Porto · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by different Leishmania species, transmitted quasi worldwide by sand flies. However, whereas many laboratories focus on the disease(s) and etiological agents, considerably less study the respective vectors. In fact, information on sand flies is neither abundant nor easy to find; aspects including basic biology, ecology, and sand-fly-Leishmania interactions are usually reported separately. Here, we compile elemental information on sand flies, in the context of leishmaniasis. We discuss the biology, distribution, and life cycle, the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 44.66
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 126
Authors
3- PCPedro CecílioCorresponding
National Institutes of Health, Universidade do Porto, Vector (United States), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto
- ACAnabela Cordeiro‐da‐Silva
Universidade do Porto, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto
- FOFabiano Oliveira
National Institutes of Health, Vector (United States), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Topics & keywords
- Leishmaniasis
- Leishmania
- Vector (molecular biology)
- Biology
- Context (archaeology)
- Psychodidae
- Transmission (telecommunications)
- Leishmania infantum