Lutzomyia longipalpis in Uruguay: the first report and the potential of visceral leishmaniasis transmission Oscar Daniel Salomón; Yester Basmajdian; María Soledad Fernández; María Soledad Santini PAGE: 381-382 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000300023

Leishmania infection in humans, dogs and sandflies in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area in Maranhão, Brazil Ilana Mirian Almeida Felipe; Dorlene Maria Cardoso de Aquino; Oliver Kuppinger; Max Diego Cruz Santos; Maurício Eduardo Salgado Rangel; David Soeiro Barbosa; Aldina Barral; Guilherme Loureiro Werneck; Arlene de Jesus Mendes Caldas PAGE: 207-211 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200015

Detection of Leishmania infantum in naturally infected Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and Canis familiaris in Misiones, Argentina: the first report of a PCR-RFLP and sequencing-based confirmation assay Soraya Alejandra rn Acardi ; Domingo Javier Liotta; rn María Soledad Santini; Carlo Mariano Romagosa; rn Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 796-799 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600011

Genetic divergence between two sympatric species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex in the paralytic gene, a locus associated with insecticide resistance and lovesong production RMMA Lins; NA Souza; AA Peixoto PAGE: 736-740 | DOI: S0074-02762008000700019

Association of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) population density with climate variables in Montes Claros, an area of American visceral leishmaniasis transmission in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Érika Monteiro Michalsky; Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias; João Carlos França-Silva; Marilia Fonseca Rocha; Ricardo Andrade Barata; Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 1191-1193 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800020

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the municipality of Várzea Grande: an area of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil Nanci Akemi Missawa; Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 913-918 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800004

Single and concomitant experimental infectionsby Endotrypanum spp. and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Neotropical sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) André F Barbosa; Sandra MP Oliveira; Álvaro L Bertho; Antonia MR Franco; Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 851-856 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800005

Abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and urban transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira; Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati; Orcy de Oliveira; Gilliard Rezende de Oliveira; Italo Alexander Cabello Espindola; Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval; Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil PAGE: 869-874 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800008

Cloning and characterization of a V-ATPase subunit C from the American visceral leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis modulated during development and blood ingestion JM Ramalho-Ortigão; AN Pitaluga; EL Telleria; C Marques; AA Souza; YM Traub-Cseko PAGE: 509-515 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000400013

Ingestion of saliva during carbohydrate feeding by Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera; Psychodidae) Reginaldo R Cavalcante; Marcos H Pereira; Jorge M Freitas; Nelder de F Gontijo PAGE: 85-87 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100016

Identification of sex pheromones of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) populations from the state of São Paulo, Brazil Cláudio Casanova ; JGC Hamilton; JR Trigo; Antonio IP Costa PAGE: 113-115 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100023

Report of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in a cutaneous-leishmaniasis-endemic area of Panama Anayansi Valderrama; Mara Garcia Tavares; José Dilermando Andrade Filho PAGE: 1049-1051 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800025

The distribution pattern of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the peridomiciles of a sector with canine and human visceral leishmaniasis transmission in the municipality of Dracena, São Paulo, Brazil  Osias Rangel; Susy Mary Perpetuo Sampaio; Ricardo Mario de Carvalho Ciaravolo; Marcia Moreira Holcman PAGE: 163-169 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000200003

Biotic factors and occurrence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Everton Falcão de Oliveira; Elaine Araújo e Silva; Carlos Eurico dos Santos Fernandes; Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho; Roberto Macedo Gamarra; Alisson André Ribeiro, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil; Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira PAGE: 396-401 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000300015

Disruption of the peritrophic matrix by exogenous chitinase feeding reduces fecundity in Lutzomyia longipalpis females  Adriana Pereira Oliveira de Araújo; Erich Loza Telleria; Juliana da Matta Furniel Dutra; Rute Maria Júlio; Yara Maria Traub-Csekö PAGE: 543-545 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400016

Lutzomyia longipalpis abundance in the city of Posadas, northeastern Argentina: variations at different spatial scales  María Soledad Santini; María Soledad Fernández; Adriana Alicia Pérez; Adolfo Enrique Sandoval; Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 767-771 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600010

Phlebotominae distribution in Janaúba, an area of transmission for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil Érika Monteiro Michalsky; João Carlos França-Silva; Ricardo Andrade Barata; Fabiana de Oliveira Lara e Silva; Angélica Marciano Fernandes Loureiro; Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias; Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 56-61 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100009

First visceral leishmaniasis focus in Argentina OD Salomon; A Sinagra; MC Nevot; G Barberian; P Paulin; JO Estevez; Adelina Riarte; J Estevez PAGE: 109-111 | DOI: S0074-02762008000100018

The first report of the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in America, Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Getúlio Dornelles Souza; Edmilson dos Santos; José Dilermando Andrade Filho PAGE: 1181-1182 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800017

Are light traps baited with kairomones effective in the capture of Lutzomyia longipalpis and Lutzomyia intermedia? An evaluation of synthetic human odor as an attractant for phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Andrey J Andrade; Mateus R Andrade; Edelberto S Dias; Mara C Pinto; Álvaro E Eiras PAGE: 337-343 | DOI: S0074-02762008000400004

Sex pheromone and period gene characterization of Lutzomyia longipalpis sensu lato (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Posadas, Argentina Oscar D Salomón ; Alejandra S Araki; James GC Hamilton; Soraya A Acardi; Alexandre A Peixoto PAGE: 928-930 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700016

Visceral leishmaniasis in border areas: clustered distribution of phlebotomine sand flies in Clorinda, Argentina Oscar D Salomón ; María G Quintana; Mario R Bruno; Ricardo V Quiriconi; Viviana Cabral PAGE: 801-804 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000500024

Spatial and temporal changes in Lutzomyia longipalpis abundance, a Leishmania infantum vector in an urban area in northeastern Argentina María Soledad Fernández, María Soledad Santini, Regino Cavia, Adolfo Enrique Sandoval, Adriana Alicia Pérez, Soraya Acardi, Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 817-824 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130047

When population and evolutionary genetics met behaviour Rodolfo Costa, Ralf Stanewsky PAGE: 74-79 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130498

Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Porteirinha, an Area of American Visceral Leishmaniasis Transmission in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo Andrade Barata, João Carlos França da Silva, Roberto Teodoro da Costa, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Jaime Costa da Silva, Edvá Vieira de Paula, Aluízio Prata, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 481-487

Lutzomyia longipalpis in Clorinda, Formosa province, an area of potential visceral leishmaniasis transmission in Argentina Oscar D Salomón, Pablo W Orellano* PAGE: 475-476

Horizontal Stratification of the Sand Fly Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Transitional Vegetation between Caatinga and Tropical Rain Forest, State of Bahia, Brazil Artur Gomes Dias-Lima, Maria Lenise Silva Guedes*, Italo A Sherlock PAGE: 733-737

Predicting the geographic distribution of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Paulo Silva de Almeida Alan Sciamarelli, Paulo Mira Batista, Ademar Dimas Ferreira,João Nascimento, Josué Raizer, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves PAGE: 992-996 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130331

The first record of Lutzomyia longipalpis in the Argentine northwest Andrea Gómez Bravo, María Gabriela Quintana, Marcelo Abril, Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 1071-1073 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130358

Preliminary Assays Indicate that Antonia ovata (Loganiaceae) and Derris amazonica (Papilionaceae), Ichthyotoxic Plants Used for Fishing in Roraima, Brazil, Have an Insecticide Effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis&nb José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Eloy Guillermo Castellón Bermudez, Arnaldo Felisberto Imbiriba da Rocha, Pantelis Tsouris, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas PAGE: 737-742

Wing Geometry as a Tool for Studying the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) Complex J De la Riva, F Le Pont, V Ali, A Matias, S Mollinedo, JP Dujardin PAGE: 1089-1094

Courtship Song Genes and Speciation in Sand Flies SG Oliveira, M Bottecchia, LGSR Bauzer, NA Souza, RD Ward, CP Kyriacou, AA Peixoto PAGE: 403-405

Characterization of Constitutive and Putative Differentially Expressed mRNAs by Means of Expressed Sequence Tags, Differential Display Reverse Transcriptase-PCR and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR from the Sand Fly Vector Lutzomyia longi JMRamalho-Ortigão, P Temporal,SMP de Oliveira , AF Barbosa,ML Vilela, EF Rangel, RP Brazil,YM Traub-Cseko PAGE: 105-111

Studies on Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Brazil Alfredo CR de Azevedo, Fernando A Monteiro, Pedro H Cabello,Nataly A de Souza, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 305-322

Establishment and Characterization of a New Continuous Cell Line from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and its Susceptibility to Infections with Arboviruses and Leishmania chagasi Gloria J Rey, Cristina Ferro, Felio J Bello PAGE: 103-110

The Status of the Lutzomyia longipalpis Species Complex and Possible Implications for Leishmania Transmission Sandra Uribe PAGE: 729-734

A New Larval Diet for Colonization of Phlebotominae Sand Flies Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coelho, Maurício L Vilela, André F Barbosa, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 845-847

Density of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Domestic and Wild Animal Shelters in an Area of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Maria de Fátima Freire de Melo Ximenes, Maria de Fátima de Souza, Eloy Guilhermo Castellón PAGE: 427-432

Genetic Variation among Natural and Laboratory Colony Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912)(Diptera:Psychodidae) from Colombia Gregory C Lanzaro, Bruce Alexander, John-Paul Mutebi,James Montoya-Lerma, Alon Warburg PAGE: 65-70

Ecological Interactions of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of Bahia, Brazil Italo A Sherlock PAGE: 671-683

Description of the Fourth Instar Larva of Lutzomyia longipalpis, under Scanning Electron Microscopy Antônio Cesar Rios Leite, Paul Williams PAGE: 571-578

Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in a Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Central Colombia Yolanda López, Lisardo Osorio, Gilberto Alvarez, Jaime Rojas,Fernando Jiménez, Carmen Gómez, Cristina Ferro PAGE: 415-419

A comparison of molecular markers to detect Lutzomyia longipalpis naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum Kárita Cláudia Freitas-Lidani, Iara J de Messias-Reason, Edna Aoba Y Ishikawa PAGE: 442-447 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130285

Leishmania amazonensis exhibits phosphatidylserine-dependent procoagulant activity, a process that is counteracted by sandfly saliva Natalia Cadaxo Rochael, Luize Gonçalves Lima, Sandra Maria Pereira de Oliveira, Marcello André Barcinski, Elvira Maria Saraiva, Robson Queiroz Monteiro, Lucia Helena Pinto-da-Silva DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013002

Lutzomyia longipalpis and the eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil - A Review Ralph Lainson, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 811-827

The First Instar Larva of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Phlebotomidae) Antônio Cesar Rios Leite, Paul Williams PAGE: 197-203

Lutzomyia longipalpis urbanisation and control Oscar Daniel Salomón, María Dora Feliciangeli, María Gabriela Quintana, Margarete Martins dos Santos Afonso, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel PAGE: 831-846 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150207

Abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis in urban households as risk factor of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis Elisa Neves Vianna, Maria Helena Franco Morais, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Ilka Afonso Reis, Edelberto Santos Dias, Mariângela Carneiro PAGE: 302-310 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150366

The current status of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species complex Nataly A de Souza, Reginaldo P Brazil, Alejandra S Araki PAGE: 161-174 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160463

Seasonality of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Leishmania DNA detection in vector species in an area with endemic visceral leishmaniasis Lara Saraiva, Camila Gonçalves Leite, Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano da Rocha Lima, Luiz Otávio Alves de Carvalho, Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira, Jerônimo Marteleto Nunes Rugani, Felipe Dutra Rego, Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, José Dilermando Andrade Filho PAGE: 309-318 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160438

Environmental suitability for Lutzomyia longipalpis in a subtropical city with a recently established visceral leishmaniasis transmission cycle, Argentina Pablo Berrozpe, Daniela Lamattina, María Soledad Santini, Analía Vanesa Araujo, María Eugenia Utgés, Oscar Daniel Salomón DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170056

The role of gallery forests in maintaining Phlebotominae populations: potential Leishmania spp. vectors in the Brazilian savanna Tâmara Dias Oliveira Machado, Thaís Tâmara Castro Minuzzi-Souza, Tauana de Sousa Ferreira, Luciana Pereira Freire, Renata Velôzo Timbó, Tamires Emanuele Vital, Nadjar Nitz, Mariana Neiva Silva, Alcinei de Souza Santos Junior, Nathyla Morgana Cunha Sales, Marcos Takashi Obara, Andrey José de Andrade, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170126

Alternative splicing originates different domain structure organization of Lutzomyia longipalpis chitinases João Ramalho Ortigão-Farias, Tatiana Di-Blasi, Erich Loza Telleria, Ana Carolina Andorinho, Thais Lemos-Silva, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigão, Antônio Jorge Tempone, Yara Maria Traub-Csekö PAGE: 96-101 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170179

Effectiveness of dog collars impregnated with 4% deltamethrin in controlling visceral leishmaniasis in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidade: Phlebotominae) populations Rafaella Albuquerque e Silva, Andrey José de Andrade, Bruno Beust Quint, Gabriel Elias Salmen Raffoul, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170377

Lower galactosylation levels of the Lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania (Leishmania) major-like strains affect interaction with Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis Agna Cristina Guimarães, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Soraia de Oliveira Silva, Jovana Sadlova, Katerina Pruzinova, Jana Hlavacova, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170333

Development of Leishmania mexicana in Lutzomyia longipalpis in the absence of sugar feeding Samara G da Costa, Caroline da Silva Moraes, Paul Bates, Rod Dillon, Fernando Ariel Genta DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180482