Investigations of Phlebotomus perniciosus sand flies in rural Spain reveal strongly aggregated and gender‐specific spatial distributions and advocate use of light‐attraction traps
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DOI: 10.1111/mve.12275
Abstract: The spatial and temporal distribution of Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae) (Newstead, 1911), the sand fly vector of pathogens of public and animal health importance, was investigated in a high sand fly density rural area in… read more here.
Keywords: sand; sand flies; phlebotomus perniciosus; light attraction ... See more keywords
Opportunistic feeding behaviour and Leishmania infantum detection in Phlebotomus perniciosus females collected in the human leishmaniasis focus of Madrid, Spain (2012–2018)
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009240
Abstract: Background An outbreak of human leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum has been registered in an urban area of southwestern Madrid, Spain, since 2010. Entomological surveys carried out in the municipalities of Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Getafe and… read more here.
Keywords: madrid spain; perniciosus; perniciosus females; human leishmaniasis ... See more keywords