a total of 1,497 serum and blood specimens from residents of 18 different iranian communities were examined by plaque reduction neutralization test for antibodies against four (neaples, sicilian, karimabad and salehabad) phlebotomus fever virus serotypes. neutralizing antibodies against the naples and sicilian serotypes were found in every community sampled, indicating that these viruses are wi...

following an epidemiological survey of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniosis (zcl) in some villages of badrood, a rural district north of the city of natanz, central iran, phlebotomus (phlebotomus ) papatasi scopoli were found to be naturally infected with leishmania (leishmania) major zymodeme mon-26. sandflies were collected and dissected biweekly from rodent burrows during sandfly season, april- ...

Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are the biological vectors of leishmaniasis all around the world. In 1997, sand flies were collected in 14 cities and villages of Khash County in southeastern Iran, using 848 sticky traps (castor oil-coated white papers 20 × 30 cm). In this study, a total of 4673 sand flies, with 25.23% females and 74.77% males, were collected and identified to s...

BACKGROUND In Turkey, vector control programs are mainly based on indoor residual spraying with pyrethroids against mosquitoes. No special control program is available for sand flies. Most insecticide susceptibility tests were done for mosquitoes but not for sand flies. We therefore aimed to determine the insecticide susceptibility against two commonly used insecticides; deltamethrin and permet...

sand fly fever (sf) is an arthropod-borne viral disease, also known as “phlebotomus fever”, ‘’mosquito fever’’, three-day fever or “papatacci fever”. it is transmitted by phlebotomus papatasi , starts with acute onset of high fever, and lasts for three days. we present first cases in a different district of turkey with the clinical findings of fever, myalgia-arthralgia, headache, gastrointestin...

Abstract Former studies proposed that the speciation of subgenus Paraphlebotomus happened in Neogene Epoch circum-Mediterranean region due to geographical segregation effect former Paratethys Sea. It was aimed study whether modelled ranges Phlebotomus sergenti and similis support or contradict this barrier role sandfly. For purpose, potential were based on present climatic requirements taxa. Th...