| trapping sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in the emilia-romagna region of northern italy. | the efficiency and practicality of two trapping methods for adult phlebotomine sand flies in two areas of the emilia-romagna region (italy) were evaluated. suction traps (co2) and sticky traps (st) were used to collect sand flies every two weeks, from june to september, 1999, from 16:00 to 07:00. two co2 traps were activated at the same time for each area (one with light and one without light), whereas 38 (four with light and 34 without lights) and 48 (four with light and 44 without) sticky trap ... | 2007 | 18260523 |
| a new stable focus of canine leishmaniasis in northern italy. | a new stable focus of canine leishmaniasis (canl) was identified in a coastal adriatic area of the emilia-romagna region in northern italy. following the first clinical cases observed starting from 1998, a seroepidemiological survey was carried out on owned dogs from two communes and on animals housed in dog pounds of the rimini province. sixteen out of 612 dogs (2.6%) resulted positive to the ifa test. the 16 positive dogs all came from the two communes, with seroprevalences of 3 and 6%, respec ... | 2001 | 12402521 |