Abstract
Phlebotomine sandflies include about 700 species and belong to the order Diptera, family Psychodidae, and subfamily Phlebotominae. They are important vectors of leishmaniases, arboviruses (sandfly fever and other) and bartonellosis (Carrion’s disease). About 70 species of sandflies are proven or suspected vectors of these diseases (Lane, 1993). Sandfly transmitted diseases are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries, extending through Central and South America, Central and Southeast Asia, India, China, the Mediterranean Basin, and Africa. Several autochthonous human cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis have been discovered in Texas, dispelling the belief that sandfly-borne diseases do not occur in North America.
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Modi, G.B. (1997). Care and maintenance of phlebotomine sandfly colonies . In: Crampton, J.M., Beard, C.B., Louis, C. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1535-0_3
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