Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX), Reims, France, June 28th–July 1st, 2016

Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX), Reims, France, June 28th–July 1st, 2016

Jérôme Depaquit, Bernard Pesson, Denis Augot, James Gordon Campbell Hamilton, Phillip Lawyer, and Nicole Léger 1 Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, ANSES, SFR Cap santé, EA 4688 – USC « Transmission Vectorielle et Épidémiosurveillance de Maladies Parasitaires (VECPAR) », Reims, France 2 Infectious Disease Transmission and Biology Group, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of...

An illustrated guide for characters and terminology used in descriptions of Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae)

Phlebotomine (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) taxonomy has been studied extensively, primarily due to the role of these flies as vectors of various parasites, including species of Leishmania, Bartonella and arboviruses that cause diseases in humans and other vertebrates. We present some topics discussed at a round-table on phlebotomine taxonomy held at the Ninth International Symposium on ...

Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, HPDC-15, Paris, France, June 19-23, 2006

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Robot Learning and Planning (RLP 2016)

In this paper we present a simulated annealingbased method for planning efficient paths with a tether which avoid entanglement in an obstacle-filled environment. By evaluating total path cost as a function of both path length and entanglements, a robot can plan a path through multiple points of interest while avoiding becoming entangled in any obstacle. In simulated trials, the robot was able t...

Chinese Phlebotomine Sandflies

Four species of Adlerius phlebotomine sandflies have been recorded in China, namely: P. chinensis Newstead, 1 9 1 6 (Pc); P. fengi Leng & Zhang, 1 9 9 4 ; P. longiductus Parrot, 1 9 2 8 and P. sichuanensis Leng & Yin, 1 9 8 3 (Ps), Adlerius phlebotomines are the main vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in China; three of them are acknowledged as VL vectors and P. fengi is considered a potent...