| canine visceral leishmaniasis: dog infectivity to sand flies from non-endemic areas. | canine visceral leishmaniasis (vl), caused by leishmania infantum (leishmania chagasi in the new world), is a zoonotic, endemic disease in western europe and latin america. the potential spreading to new regions was suggested by the appearance of canine vl among foxhounds in the us. although the sand fly vectors in the major foci of transmission have been described, no information exists on other sand flies that could propagate the infection outside endemic areas. we evaluated the capacity of lu ... | 2002 | 12002643 |
| first record of lutzomyia evansi (nuñez-tovar 1924) in mexico (diptera: psychodidae, phlebotominae). | the phlebotomine sand fly lutzomyia evansi is recorded in mexico for the first time. this species is a suspected vector of leishmania infantum in other parts of its geographical range and was captured in a focus of american visceral leishmaniasis where the principal vector, lu. longipalpis sensu lato, was also found. the relative public health importance of the two species in the study area (chiapas state, southern mexico) is discussed. | 2004 | 15250463 |
| predicted altitudinal shifts and reduced spatial distribution of leishmania infantum vector species under climate change scenarios in colombia. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is caused by the trypanosomatid parasite leishmania infantum (=leishmania chagasi), and is epidemiologically relevant due to its wide geographic distribution, the number of annual cases reported and the increase in its co-infection with hiv. two vector species have been incriminated in the americas: lutzomyia longipalpis and lutzomyia evansi. in colombia, l. longipalpis is distributed along the magdalena river valley while l. evansi is only found in the northern part ... | 2014 | 23988300 |
| [morphological abnormalities in the cibarium of lutzomyia evansi (diptera: psychodidae, phlebotominae) caught in trujillo, venezuela]. | lutzomyia evansi is a recognized vector of leishmania infantum in colombia and venezuela. | 2015 | 26535549 |